Conservatives, independent voices build own platforms to counter Big Tech censorship, managed news

[Geee]

Just the News

 

Twitter competitors like Gab, Parler and now GETTR offer a "safe space" for those frustrated by the former's inconsistent rules. The video platform Rumble, active since 2013 but experiencing a massive boost over the past year, is a haven for voices like conservative talker Dan Bongino recently silenced by Google-owned YouTube. And GiveSendGo.com lets clients denied access to GoFundMe crowdfund without compromising their values.

Bongino, with ties to both Rumble and Parler, launched AlignPay last year as a competitor to PayPal, "free from the threat of Cancel Culture," as its mission statement declares.

The wave of alternate platforms, part of an emerging parallel economy, may receive its biggest boost yet with the advent of former President Donald Trump's Truth Social, set to launch in the first quarter of the year, with Feb. 21, Presidents' Day, targeted in an App Store listing. The new, Twitter-like platform will let the banned leader back on social media, likely joined by his considerable base.

[Valin]

49 minutes ago, Geee said:

Just the News

 

Twitter competitors like Gab, Parler and now GETTR offer a "safe space" for those frustrated by the former's inconsistent rules. The video platform Rumble, active since 2013 but experiencing a massive boost over the past year, is a haven for voices like conservative talker Dan Bongino recently silenced by Google-owned YouTube. And GiveSendGo.com lets clients denied access to GoFundMe crowdfund without compromising their values.

A Very brief (incomplete) history of The Internet.

Stage 1

1. WWW. whatever is invented

2. The guys who started Google come up with a search engine that Actually Works for you're average person.

3. Blogs are invented. Allowing Large numbers of people to express their views to the world

4. Money sharing platforms are invented. Allowing people to Make A Living from The Internet

5. Several geeky guys invent Social Media. As a way to meet chicks and maybe get laid.

6.. The Internet becomes The Dominate means of communicating Ideas, Products.

and all is well with this world

Stage 2.

1. Government and Progressive suddenly realize there are Ideas and products they don't like.

2. They have the power to suppress these Ideas and Products.

3. They start suppressing these Ideas and Products. It starts in authoritarian/dictatorships but Rapidly spreads to the "Free World".

Stage 3

1. Some people think Stage 2 is a really bad idea, and will lead to 1984.

2. They start to do something about it, by forming there own platforms.

3 This is where we are now.

a. The Internet by its nature is prone to being Decentralized

b. Very soon we will have not 1 Internet by 2, and maybe 3

c. Then Something happens. No one really knows what that Something will be.

[SDwaters]

[SDwaters]

3 hours ago, Valin said:

The Internet by its nature is prone to being Decentralized

b. Very soon we will have not 1 Internet by 2, and maybe 3

How does control of the physical architecture (switches, routers, servers, etc.) play into the internet "multi-verse" model?

[Valin]

26 minutes ago, SDwaters said:

How does control of the physical architecture (switches, routers, servers, etc.) play into the internet "multi-verse" model?

Not a clue. you need to understand, when it comes to all thing computer I am functionally illiterate.