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So Dan Olson, @FoldableHuman, has pointed out that when someone creates a clone of an established platform, but does not actively design to keep out the known bad elements of that platform, they are just rent-seeking from the worst elements of that established platform.
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So, for example, Vidme. @FoldableHuman has a great video talking about how Vidme is a YouTube clone.
Instead of working to improve the known problems of YouTube (e.g. content producer controls; nazis), Vidme just reproduced the bad controls and welcomed the nazis.
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Instead of working to improve the known problems of YouTube (e.g. content producer controls; nazis), Vidme just reproduced the bad controls and welcomed the nazis.
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This is worth keeping in mind when we think of Parler.
@Twitter has ... not been great when it comes to curbing hate speech and shutting down nazis on the platform. But it did a bit.
Hence Parler. Parler was *specifically* created to be a nazi-friendly platform. Full stop.
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@Twitter has ... not been great when it comes to curbing hate speech and shutting down nazis on the platform. But it did a bit.
Hence Parler. Parler was *specifically* created to be a nazi-friendly platform. Full stop.
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And this is in line with @FoldableHuman’s analysis of Vidme.
What ‘problem’ did Parler exist to solve? The ‘problem’ of some Twitter users not being able to speak a language of bigotry, hate, and violence.
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What ‘problem’ did Parler exist to solve? The ‘problem’ of some Twitter users not being able to speak a language of bigotry, hate, and violence.
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The fear of some Twitter users that their accounts would be shut down for using hate speech was a *specific* recruiting point of Parler.
And now Parler is gone. But a lot of folks here on Twitter still have callouts to their former Parler accounts in their Twitter handles.
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And now Parler is gone. But a lot of folks here on Twitter still have callouts to their former Parler accounts in their Twitter handles.
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I’ve heard they have a saying in Germany: If someone is sitting at a table with eight nazis, they say “There’s a table with nine nazis.”
If someone has a Parler handle in their description, it seems reasonable to take that as “I wanted to go sit at the table with the nazis.”
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If someone has a Parler handle in their description, it seems reasonable to take that as “I wanted to go sit at the table with the nazis.”
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It troubles me especially when I see Parler tags in the account descriptions of fellow Catholics ... but it doesn’t surprise me.
Many in the crowd that day shouted “Give us Barabbas!” and turned away from protecting the vulnerable, who is Christ.
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Many in the crowd that day shouted “Give us Barabbas!” and turned away from protecting the vulnerable, who is Christ.
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I think those who aspire to a higher moral calling (like those who want to be known as Catholics) should have clear bright lines against fascism.
Like, in the Christ vs. Caesar question, it’s a no-brainer.
And yet.
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Like, in the Christ vs. Caesar question, it’s a no-brainer.
And yet.
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I want to be clear: @FoldableHuman did this analysis about Vidme, not Parler. I’m extending his ideas and applying them in my critique of co-religionists. That’s my bag, not his.
Any errors (or offenses) in my thread are mine, not his.
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Any errors (or offenses) in my thread are mine, not his.
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And with that said, here is @FoldableHuman’s Vidme analysis:
His media analysis is very clear, often funny, and frankly amazing. I encourage you to support his work:
https://www.patreon.com/foldablehuman
Thanks for listening.
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His media analysis is very clear, often funny, and frankly amazing. I encourage you to support his work:
https://www.patreon.com/foldablehuman
Thanks for listening.
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