My question, too!
Gab is unfortunately not the answer, and I’ve been a member for over a year. There’s a basic math problem that for any alternative social network, in that it’s by definition going to disproportionately represent viewpoints that are banned from mainstream media, which then makes it appear to be a white supremacist site, or whatever else that might be worse. Then if the alternative tries to ban those viewpoints, the margin in between is so small as to lose any possible “network effects” (i.e. social networks are only valuable to the extent that everyone you care about is participating).
I do think that Trump and those closely allied to him should try to come with an alternative platform not just to Twitter, but it would have to be all across the Internet even further down to the “root”, i.e. it would need to involve web hosting, payments, security, probably mail, file sharing, news, in addition to the standard sort of social media. Gab for example lost their hosting service, other alternatives have lost their payment processing, etc.
But it’s certainly a worthwhile entreprise, because the way Alex Jones for example was just disappeared from almost the entire Internet has to seriously mute all of our voices, particularly those who rely on the internet for their revenue.
Because they don’t have a mobile app, thus 99.999999% of social media users aren’t even aware they exist.
Is he on FReerepublic? If not, why not?
I see a day soon where either Don Jr or Eric launches a Twitter-like service. Then, PDJT will switch over and millions will join overnight.
Trump is the most masterful communicator the Republic has ever known, even greater than Reagan.
His mastery of the art of twitter is approach a God-like level of omnipotence
Lefties love socialism and collectivism, so in the spirit of compromise Trump should order twitter seized by The State and turn it over to the post office.
Because some of the most vile and offensive crap you never want to see is there
I used it for a few weeks. No thanks
Plus it is run out of Australia and it has a smaller user base
Because nobody else uses Gab. He wants folks to see what he is posting.
Some folks like to pretend he uses 8-chan.
It’s fake and stupid and Q.
Because he's not retarded.
That's why he doesn't use 8-Chan either.
Because nobody else does.
My cat will miss him on Twitter. Or maybe not. She has her own Twitter account and follows other cats. Lots of them there, still. hunting for whatever it is that’s twittering............
Everyone here should sign up on Gab. This company has been excluded by all payment processors (credit card companies, Paypal) because they allow all speech that is legal. Free speech is a fundamental principle of western society. Without it, the government and other power entities suppress ideas, facts and truth. Along with those, free speech provides lies and misinformation. Western civilization decided that this was an excellent tradeoff. Without free speech, societies remain primitive and brutal. Such societies still exist. An important part of the tyrant’s toolkit is to make people afraid to talk about anything important for fear of ostracism, unemployment, jail, and death. The regressive “progressive movement” in the US and other places is against free speech and imposes speech codes in universities, workplaces and government. In the UK, people are routinely prosecuted for saying things (generally, about Islam) that are still legal here.
Here is what amounts to a free speech manifesto from Gab recently:
Gab Community Members,
Gab.com operates according to one principal rule: if speech is allowed under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and our User Guidelines, it is allowed on our site. This is because, per Sir Stephen Sedley in the seminal English free speech case DPP v. Redmond-Bate, “freedom only to speak inoffensively is not worth having.”
We are proud to have recently met our fundraising goal of $1.07m raised directly from The People. We have made considerable progress this month making Gab the home of free speech, free association, and the free market online. This includes an update to our mute system that gives more control to individual users to shape their own experience. Unfortunately we still have not been able to get a new payment processor, although we are accepting checks to our PO Box and will be integrating bitcoin as a payment option shortly.
On a daily basis, our company uses the protection afforded by the First Amendment, federal data privacy law, and American global hegemony to provide a utility for users all over the world, wheresoever they might be, to publish their innermost thoughts and engage in open dialogue without fear of recrimination from unfriendly and repressive governments. Put another way, we structure our affairs to afford all our users the full measure of due process rights available in the United States.
As a result, Gab is now the fastest-growing social media platform in the world. We have acquired over 800,000 users and new Gabbers are joining the site at a rate of nearly 100,000 a month from across the planet. Gab has over 10.6 million visits a month and is quickly becoming a home for those who wish to think, speak, and express themselves freely.
One unintended consequence of our moderation policy is that Gab has attracted, shall we say, a colorful user base. Most if not all of the team, from the CEO down to our external contractors and service providers, can find an enormous amount of content on the site which we each find morally or politically objectionable, even personally hateful.
However, we understand that adopting a moderation policy that mirrors the First Amendment will result in users of our site expressing views with which we disagree, including “the thought that we hate.” See Matal v. Tam, 582 U.S. ___ (2017). We do not, unlike virtually every other social media company in existence, think we have any right to try to change what our users think.
The mainstream media strongly implies that Gab’s provisioning of a forum for this speech runs the risk of encouraging expression “(escalating) from online speech to real-world action.” We dissent. Hateful speech may be found on every platform with millions of users, including Twitter and Facebook; Gab is not alone in this regard.
Furthermore, we actively monitor the site for speech that crosses the line from the merely outrageous into the truly threatening or unlawful. Where criminal activity is brought to our attention, we act swiftly to curtail it and, where possible, cooperate with law enforcement to ensure our users’ safety - real, physical, safety, not wishy-washy millennial “safe space” safety - is secured.
When one creates a space where controversial speech is permitted, controversial speech should be expected. This is only news for anyone who doesn’t understand what “free speech” actually means. And today, Gab stands as the largest social network in the world that willing to take the heat involved in standing by this oldest and most classically liberal principle of liberal democracy.
Much has been made recently of social media companies’ moderation policies seeking to strike balances between civility and liberty. Civility-oriented moderation strategies are referred to as the “European tradition” and liberty-oriented strategies are referred to as the “American tradition.”
We follow the American tradition to the letter. We will continue to do so as long as the company exists.
Yours sincerely,
Gab.com
Because nobody does.
Then how to President Trump's tweets get out there? Wouldn't the algorithms suppress them?
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.
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.