Posted on 02/15/2021 10:05:40 AM PST by Hojczyk
The following is a news analysis.
Parler is a Twitter option that promises not to censor legal speech for political reasons, as other social media companies are doing.
As such, it has been a target of coordinated attacks.
For example, propagandists in media have tried to link Parler to the Capitol attacks, even though both left wing and right wing activists involved communicated widely on Facebook and Twitter.
The Wikipedia description entered by agenda editors and propagandists borders on the ridiculous:
There are also efforts to link Parler to "The Russians!" even though it was Facebook that the Russians used, according to analysts, to try to sway the 2016 election.
Defenders of Parler say they expect the attacks to continue, particularly because the platform welcomes free speech that supports Donald Trump and opines about possible election fraud.
It also welcomes speech that opposes Trump and denies election fraud.
It's sort of like being in America, again.
My professional account on Facebook is also down throttled. I only have about 55,000 followers after many years, but originally a post would still easily get 10,000 views. Today, many of my posts sit idle with the metric of "0" people seeing it.
In contrast, Parler doesn't manipulate follower numbers or reach. And it's easy to see what happens on an unrestricted platform like that.
In just a few weeks, I amassed over 1 million followers on Parler, compared to the under 300,000 on Twitter in 15 years.
The exact same post that gets a few thousand views on Twitter gets 100,000 views on Parler.
Find me on Parler today.
https://parler.com/profile/SharylAttkisson/posts
I'm also on Gab.
https://gab.com/SharylAttkisson
(Excerpt) Read more at sharylattkisson.com ...
Parler is not back.
I read this article earlier on another site & was pretty amazed at the difference in numbers between Parler/Gab & Twitter/Facebook due to the “down throttling of Sharyl’s viewers/followers. You know it’s happening, but to see actual number for someone like Sharyl is eye-opening.
Thanks for posting - the story of Sharyl’s experience (and it’s the same for others, if not worse) needs to get OUT past/despite the ‘down throttling’ and censorship!
It just opened on my PC when I tried.
I don’t know what she means by “back”.
I guess the website is up, but here’s the first message that I see when I go to Parler.com today:
Technical Difficulties
Now seems like the right time to remind you all — both lovers and haters — why we started this platform. We believe privacy is paramount and free speech essential, especially on social media. Our aim has always been to provide a nonpartisan public square where individuals can enjoy and exercise their rights to both.
We will resolve any challenge before us and plan to welcome all of you back soon. We will not let civil discourse perish!
For example, propagandists in media have tried to link Parler to the Capitol attacks, even though both left wing and right wing activists involved communicated widely on Facebook and Twitter.
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One day they will make it stick, I suspect.
If they can besmirch parler that much after it was probably mostly on other services, just wait for the day that there’s a school shooting or mass murder or riot that goes more exclusively through parler.
It doesn’t matter that James Hodgkinson trying to shoot up congress (at a ballfield though, so I guess it’s okay) didn’t get stuck on Bernie Sanders who he openly supported or on Facebook where he ranted his politics. Everyone knows it’s all targeted on the right. Half the people wont admit it.
Parler is not back.
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This works:
https://parler.com/profile/SharylAttkisson/posts
Main site for signing up & logging in is back up.
https://parler.com/auth/access
https://parler.com/profile/SharylAttkisson/posts
I get 404 file not found.
If I just go to the website home page then I get an old splash screen and nothing more.
What are you wearing?😎
I have the app on my iPhone. Should I be expecting that to start working or should I just delete the app and use a browser?
I have the app on my iPhone. Should I be expecting that to start working or should I just delete the app and use a browser?
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I suspect you’d have to reload the App. If that doesn’t work then just use it through the browser for now. The old App probably has all the outdated connection settings.
Can you give a link to said article please. :)
Oops. Just waking up. I see this IS the article lol. Sometimes I race to comments if I get the overview from the article. My overview was Parler is back. But I can see this article is about Sharyl and her followers/viewers.
I forgot my password. This is going to take forever
No app on App Store for Parler...BUTT there is an app Parlor, be aware!
I have the app on my phone and I just had to log in again and it’s working.
This site can’t be reachedCheck if there is a typo in parler.com.
If spelling is correct, try running Windows Network Diagnostics.
DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN
“ Parler is not back.”
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Yeh, I read earlier this that it was up. But, when I tried it got an error. Was wondering if I should delete my app icon and load straight off the internet.
It IS back.
No problem whatsoever getting back on.
Microsoft edge:
Hmmm… can’t reach this pagewww.parler.com’s server IP address could not be found.
Did you mean http://parker.com/?
Search the web for parler
ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED
Google Chrome:
This site can’t be reachedCheck if there is a typo in parler.com.
If spelling is correct, try running Windows Network Diagnostics.
DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN
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