Gab’s Response to The Washington Post

gab ^ | Sat, Jan 15 at 10:09 AM | Andrew Torba CEO, Gab.com Jesus Christ is King of Kings

[FrankZappaWasRight]

Gab’s Response to the Washington Post JANUARY 13, 2022 This afternoon I received an email from the Washington Post. I’m going to publish it here and share my response in full.

[FrankZappaWasRight]

Gab’s Response to the Washington Post JANUARY 13, 2022 This afternoon I received an email from the Washington Post. I’m going to publish it here and share my response in full.

Hi Andrew,

We’re working on a story about how pro-Trump and conservative commentators, influencers and content creators have seen their audiences change on Gab, Gettr, Rumble and Telegram over the last year. We analyzed the data for 47 accounts on those sites and found that, for the most part, everyone saw a big jump in followers or subscribers when Trump was banned from the mainstream sites after Jan. 6; the accounts’ follower growth dramatically stalled and plateaued over the rest of the year; and the few big follower jumps we’ve seen in recent months have mostly come as a response to the bans of high-profile conservatives like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Twitter and Facebook.

The sites themselves do appear to be growing, but some of the more prominent pro-Trump figures were analyzed have seen their growth rates become very slow or even decline.

For Gab specifically, Alex Jones, who joined in 2016, went from gaining roughly 25,000 followers a month in the first quarter of 2021 to about 1,000 followers a month for the rest of the year, the data show. The Gab follower counts for some prominent QAnon promoters have also grown by 1 percent or less per month since last spring.

Have you seen that trend? What do you think explains it?

Does this call into question the ability of alt-tech sites to be able to build an audience or a business long-term – and if not, why?

Some experts told us that these platforms focused on conservative politics are naturally limited in their appeal. There’s also a good amount of competition among them, and they’re in conflict with some giant, years-old platforms where many users already have established accounts and relationships. Any thoughts on those arguments?

I’m also planning to include your comments about Gettr (“The Regime is in panic mode. So out comes Grifter to distract the masses.”). Anything you can elaborate on? Why do you think Gettr is a grift, and is the same true about “TRUTH Social”? I know you’ve spoken about this elsewhere, but I’d appreciate anything you can tell me here or link me to.

Any other responses or context we should note?

Thanks for any information you can share, and please let us know if you’d have a moment to talk. Our deadline is tomorrow at 12 p.m. EST.

Drew Harwell

When Big Tech bans, Gab expands.

100% of our explosive growth is being propelled by the unforced errors of Silicon Valley. Tens of millions of people are visiting Gab every month because Gab is the one place on the internet where the free flow of information exists beyond the control of the Regime. Gab is the one and only platform to not bend the knee to the mainstream media, Apple and Google App Stores, banks, payment processors, Congress, and even the entire nation state of Germany.

Outlets like yours rightfully view Gab as a threat to your business because of this, and you should. In November 2021 the Washington Post had 116 million visits according to Similarweb. Gab had 70 million. This month we are on pace to have 90m+ visits and with election season in full swing we don’t see our growth slowing down anytime soon.

I can and will send my response to you out with one click right now and get more traffic than your article will before it is even published.

Your outlet is 144 years old. I founded Gab 5 years ago and run it from my basement in the middle of the woods.

Gab now has well over 50 candidates in the 2022 election using the platform along with multiple members of Congress and the biggest dissident voices on the internet all in one spot. We have medical doctors, nurses, and hundreds of thousands of people who do not support nor want to inject themselves with an experimental vaccine joining our platform. These people are from all different political backgrounds, beliefs, and creeds.

The growth and engagement of one small subset of 47 commentators is irrelevant to Gab’s growth overall as a free speech platform for all people. If you want my personal opinion as to why pro-Trump commentators aren’t growing as fast on alt-tech platforms it’s really very simple. President Trump has turned into a vaccine salesman which is a total and complete disconnect with the overwhelming vast majority of his voting base. I say this as someone who voted for him twice.

His non-stop vaccine shilling has turned many of his supporters off completely. You can see this plainly in the comment section of the statements that are published to his reserved Gab account. As a Regime propaganda outlet I understand that you are trying to craft a narrative that alt-tech is shrinking and doomed because pro-Trump commentators are shrinking, but the numbers and reality show a much different situation here.

People aren’t and never were coming to Gab for an online Trump rally.

People are coming to Gab for the Truth and to speak freely.

Andrew Torba CEO, Gab.com Jesus Christ is King of Kings

[Jim W N]

What is “Gab”?

[Bob434]

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[pghoilman]

Interesting that Andrew believes that PDJT’s social media growth is stymied by his support of the shot. I find myself wondering if there is a plan to change course on that support. If it’s 4D chess, I’m not yet getting it.

[FrankZappaWasRight]

“If you want my personal opinion as to why pro-Trump commentators aren’t growing as fast on alt-tech platforms it’s really very simple. President Trump has turned into a vaccine salesman which is a total and complete disconnect with the overwhelming vast majority of his voting base. I say this as someone who voted for him twice.”

I share this opinion. President Trump has many ways out of having to accept responsibility for the many adverse effects it is causing, but he continues to want to accept credit instead, despite the daily occurrence of deaths and injuries it is causing.

How can I vote for someone so stubborn they are unwilling or incapable of admitting they were wrong or deceived?

[rktman]

NOT Facebook alternative at gab.com. Some like it. As far as ‘gettr’ and ‘rumble’, IIRC there was a post yesterday explaining they are linked to google and apple........😕

[janetjanet998]

NOT Facebook alternative at gab.com. Some like it. As far as ‘gettr’ and ‘rumble’, IIRC there was a post yesterday explaining they are linked to google and apple........😕
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Yes because of the apps

[FrankZappaWasRight]

I’m still waiting for proof that 4D chess is a real thing. If you or anyone else can point to an instance that it is, I’d love to hear about it.

More and more, the former president looks more like the Emperor wearing his new clothes than a master strategist executing a strategy that only he can see.

[AbolishCSEU]

Gab is GREAT! Gab.com... use the brave browser on your phone or computer. Yes it is completely free speech. No one gets put in anti 1st amendment gulags. Yes there is a lot of what can only be described as anti semitism toward LEFTIST Jews. See/read someone’s post you don’t like it, just ignore it

[TheDon]

Think twitter but with free speech.

[I want the USA back]

This would have been my response:
Don’t call me Andrew. You are not my friend. Do not say “HI” to me, you are not my friend. You run a left wing rag that kills democracy with propaganda and lies.
Your side believes people should have no freedoms and be controlled. My side is for freedom and for the elimination of government control over our lives.
Have a nice day.

[Regulator]

Every morning I have a routine - visit the following websites:

Newsmax
Oann
Breitbart
Gab
Rumble

They aren’t perfect. Newsmax especially can be a problem with the AP / Reuters or other Leftist feeds. But it’s 80% good.

Gab is definitely in the lead as an alternative to Twitter and other unhinged Leftist sites.

And Rumble is getting better but...slowly. People need to upload all the popular videos to it, like music, entertainment, etc. They have enough cat videos but they’re where YouTube was in 2004. Gotta catch up...

But the point is we ALL need to train ourselves to unhook from the Silicon Valley Woketard crack pipe. Give the clicks to our side and create the parallel economy.

Undoubtedly there are other sites - RSBN for instance, which has been religious about broadcasting Trump’s rallies. But these are just what I have found to have the best mix.

[SamAdams76]

What is “Gab”?

It would do you good to check it out and maybe open an account there. Along with Rumble and hopefully that social media platform that Trump has on target for a Feb 21 launch.

It's time to dump all mainstream media. I have and I'm much better for it. Better informed as well.

[Hot Tabasco]

How can I vote for someone so stubborn they are unwilling or incapable of admitting they were wrong or deceived?

As long as he's not demanding I take the vaccine, I couldn't care less what he says.

I'm not a single issue puritan voter, I have a mind of my own and can make my own decisions. And I have enough confidence in those on my side of the political aisle to do the same.

[faucetman]

“President Trump has turned into a vaccine salesman which is a total and complete disconnect with the overwhelming vast majority of his voting base. I say this as someone who voted for him twice.

His non-stop vaccine shilling has turned many of his supporters off completely.”

Great minds think alike.

BRAG some more about “ventilators” while you are pimping vaxxines, Mr. Trump.

[Fido969]

Google is pushing leftie sites. Why on earth are the first choices on a news seach far left loony outfits like CNN, Yahoo and Business Insider? Conservative sites get shadow-banned.

[Larry Lucido]

Exactly.

[ytrebil]

What is “Gab”?

You can easily find out by doing a quick online search.

[Political Junkie Too]

President Trump has turned into a vaccine salesman which is a total and complete disconnect with the overwhelming vast majority of his voting base... His non-stop vaccine shilling has turned many of his supporters off completely.

President Trump should have said that he intended for the vaccine to be used to protect the most vulnerable in our society, the elderly, but that the vaccine was only one prong in their plan.

Trump should say that the plan was to wait and see how things developed for everyone else, because there were promising therapeutics being researched in parallel with Warp Speed.

Trump should remind people that he suggested hydroxychloroquine was a promising treatment, but that it was shut down by the Big Pharma and Big Tech. We now know that HCQ and Quercetin are zinc ionophores that help slow the replication of COVID-19 in the body when taken with zinc.

Trump should say that there were other things like that being explored, but the Democrats pushed forward with a vaccine-only approach, going so far as to mandate that our children be given the experimental drug that was originally planned for the most elderly people to take, and that he had nothing to do with that.

-PJ

[rktman]

Thanks.