Hahahahaha. This is fantastic. Database people, laugh with me here...

“When users deleted their posts, the site failed to remove the content and instead only added a delete flag to it.”

They just populated a flag!

Hahahha. They basically made the FBI’s job as easy as possible. https://twitter.com/maddow/status/1349022483349962759
**and**

Parler required users to send in photographs of their real IDs to create an account.

**and**

The files from posted videos often include GPS metadata.

So, Parler recorded who the person was, where they were standing and then kept the post even after “deletion”.

Hahaha
The comedy:

1) Parler was likely just a complete trainwreck of an app because its creators only cared about making money

2) They built the FBI’s absolute dream app. Complete identification of users, location of many posts and retention of deletes.

Hahaha
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