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Why Doesn't Trump Use Gab? (vanity)
Gab ^ | 2/2/19 | Self

Posted on 02/02/2019 12:30:50 PM PST by xenias

Twitter deliberately spreads disinformation on a worldwide scale. It employs manipulative algorithms to suppress opposing views. It decides what stories are important - whether it's a child smiling at an Indian, or a baby-voiced headcase claiming she was almost raped at an imaginary party 40 years ago. It has unprecedented power over the media and which stories are covered.

Why does Trump use a service that is so destructive and so biased against the right? If he left twitter for another service, twitter would lose a lot of its power and influence.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: antisemitism; gab; neonazis; racists; socialmedia; trump; twitter; vanityepidemic; whitesupremacists
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To: Tired of Taxes
"Free speech" doesn't mean everyone has to listen to what everyone else is saying.

Which is why you can block them.

I wish there were another social platform besides Twitter that the president could use. But Gab isn't the answer. Maybe there's another option?

I'm surprised there aren't several twitter alternatives out there. Not having competition allows twitter to be as despicable as it likes without consequence. Users can't just flee to a competitor when there aren't any viable competitors.

61 posted on 02/02/2019 2:49:38 PM PST by xenias
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To: thoughtomator

Jack Dorsey explained in his interview yesterday that users the algorithms deem as problematic have their tweets ranked lower so they are harder to find. He says this is done so they don’t derail the conversation.

Shockingly, it’s always conservatives that their algorithms peg as ~problematic~.


62 posted on 02/02/2019 2:54:54 PM PST by xenias
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To: xenias
And how did that work out for them? And for Buzzfeed and CNN, which were the real force behind the smear? Twitter is an archaic holdover from the old unmoderated text-based groups, crossed with pager technology. It sucks. There's no need to "protect us" from stupid regurgitated garbage on Twitter.

Now, what's your take on the Nazis on Gab?

63 posted on 02/02/2019 3:22:40 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: xenias; Tired of Taxes; old-ager
You began this thread asking why Trump doesn't post on Gab. This is why: Gabbers posting "Gas the K!kes!" memes right after Trump would post is why he will never post on Gab. Gabbers who will call him a Zionist agent K!ke lover etc in their replies is why.

Any more questions?

64 posted on 02/02/2019 3:24:01 PM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: xenias

Or perhaps it’s merely that the people approving the algorithms simply don’t care about violent threats directed at schoolchildren.


65 posted on 02/02/2019 3:28:23 PM PST by thoughtomator (Nobody is coming to save the day)
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To: xenias

I look at all of Trumps Tweets and many of the negative comments.

And then, as part of my routine, I block as many of the Down on Trump Tweeter as I have time for.

Makes me feel good.


66 posted on 02/02/2019 3:30:12 PM PST by InterceptPoint (Ted, you finally endorsed. A)
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To: xenias

I’d never heard of Gab till now. It’s too free for someone like Trump to get associated with. I may sign up though. Trump uses Twitter like a WMD. I don’t think anyone thought it would have such an impact like has has made with it.


67 posted on 02/02/2019 3:31:20 PM PST by McGruff
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To: xenias
Yes, you can block them. Which was the Gab policy leading up to Pittsburgh. The policy saved a lot of money on moderators, but it was a disaster. It allowed the "Gas the K!kes!" Nazis to have a happy clubhouse all by themselves to share such evil garbage. I could post dozens of memes and images showing proud "heroic" SS Nazis pushing buttons to drop Zyklon-B to kill Jews, or to kill Trump. I have saved them all. Do you want to see them?

And not only did the Gab "block" function serve to hide open, overt "Gas the K!kes!" Nazis, it also allowed little clubhouses of hard-core "anime" child porn to flourish.

The FBI will arrest you if you take or share pictures of actual children in porn. BUT, what if you share very well drawn cartoons (think "Vargas girls" talent level) of prepubescent children being raped? Guess what? It's technically legal!

And it flourished on Gab's "100% Free Speech" platform. Which was actually a cost-saving dodge to avoid paying moderators to delete "Gas the K!kes!" Nazi trash or hand-drawn illustrated child porn filth.

If you are not convinced, I could post dozens and dozens of memes that were accepted and posted for a long time on Gab AFTER Pittsburgh.

And you honestly wonder why Trump will not post on Gab?? Seriously?

68 posted on 02/02/2019 3:32:17 PM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: humblegunner
Go take your prune juice. We're trying to have a discussion.
69 posted on 02/02/2019 3:32:32 PM PST by McGruff
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To: xenias

Freezoxee.com is like Facebook, Twitter, Gab etc, but it doesn’t allow boderline porn or “Gas the Jews!” Nazi filth.

But if you want “100% pure free speech,” Gab is for you.

And borderline child pornographers, and “Gas the K!kes” Nazis.


70 posted on 02/02/2019 3:34:41 PM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: McGruff

LoL!!


71 posted on 02/02/2019 3:38:14 PM PST by gibsosa
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To: Tired of Taxes
"Free speech" doesn't mean everyone has to listen to what everyone else is saying.

Court has ruled that POTUS can't block anybody. So much for free association.
He doesn't have to listen but he has to allow them and it...
That will be true no matter where he goes. He might as well stay with twitter.
72 posted on 02/02/2019 3:39:24 PM PST by stylin19a (2016 - Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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To: SunkenCiv
And how did that work out for them?

They're still as popular as ever.

There's no need to "protect us" from stupid regurgitated garbage on Twitter.

You're underestimating the power of the platform. Much of what becomes newsworthy starts on twitter. They highlight particular stories that fit their agenda via moments or hashtags, work up the SJW blue-haireds to create a mob, and then every major media outlet covers it.

Now, what's your take on the Nazis on Gab?

I'm half Jewish. Naturally I don't enjoy Nazis. That doesn't mean I believe a platform specifically designed to support free speech should deny free speech to groups they don't like. If people there are saying to gas Jews, that is a threat and is not protected speech.

73 posted on 02/02/2019 3:41:03 PM PST by xenias
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To: xenias
That doesn't mean I believe a platform specifically designed to support free speech should deny free speech to groups they don't like.
Except for Twitter, you mean.

74 posted on 02/02/2019 3:46:48 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: xenias

Yes. He bypassed the mainstream media. Mainly using Twitter.It was extremely effective and led to his victory.

Going forward, which of the many other platforms should he use and how? You’ve clearly given this some thought.

And most importantly, if Twitter troubles you so, can’t just you, xenias, avoid it altogether and unburden yourself of the unfairness of it all?


75 posted on 02/02/2019 3:49:23 PM PST by americas.best.days... ( Donald John Trump has pulled the sword from the stone.)
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To: xenias
Suppressing hate speech doesn’t stop hate. I’m a believer that sunlight is the best disinfectant.

For sure. I've been a member of GAB for about 4 months now. Of the little Jew hate/Nazi posts I do see, these people present themselves as complete idiots. Plus, I've heard the hard core of Nazi supporters are a real barrel of homosexuals, just like in the old days.

I get more invites from porn princesses which I simply mute. I guess free speech isn't for the thin skinned.
76 posted on 02/02/2019 3:53:40 PM PST by farming pharmer
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To: Mechanicos
those are all liberals trying to shut down Gab.

The DDOS and bot attacks on GAB started back up right after the gooberment workers went back to work.

Coincidence? I think not.
77 posted on 02/02/2019 3:56:17 PM PST by farming pharmer
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To: Travis McGee
But if you want “100% pure free speech,” Gab is for you.

Like whiskey neat and unvarnished truth, I'll take my speech '100% free'. As an adult, I can handle it.

But there are places where the timid and pusillanimous can go. That's 'free speech' too.
78 posted on 02/02/2019 4:04:08 PM PST by farming pharmer
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To: SunkenCiv
Except for Twitter, you mean.

What are you talking about? I am very much against twitter's blatant censorship which I have stated multiple times.

79 posted on 02/02/2019 4:13:57 PM PST by xenias
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To: americas.best.days...
And most importantly, if Twitter troubles you so, can’t just you, xenias, avoid it altogether and unburden yourself of the unfairness of it all?

Just ignoring one of the largest and most effective propaganda tools in modern history is woefully naive.

What's that quote? The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

80 posted on 02/02/2019 4:19:04 PM PST by xenias
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