So he goes on and on [0] about how great Parler is/was. But what I've seen reported is that:
. You were shadow banned until the right users voted you up
. To get more privileges, you had to scan photo ID
. Influencers were being paid to post "organic" material without disclosing it https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/02/how-parler-app-plans-to-make-money.html
So it was constructed as an echo chamber where people were being paid to push products.
[0]"In August, 2018, they created a social media platform similar to Twitter but which promised far greater privacy protections, including a refusal to aggregate user data in order to monetize them to advertisers or algorithmically evaluate their interests in order to promote content or products to them. They also promised far greater free speech rights, rejecting the increasingly repressive content policing of Silicon Valley giants."
This sounds a lot like Fox News claim of being "Fair and Balanced". You might think their point of view is fair but there's no way that it's balanced.
While obviously a timely example for Glenn to refer to, it is a strange counter example for him to refer to when he makes arguments that "Silicon Valley" is attempting to manipulate a narrative.[0][1][2] One could argue that a platform that is explicitly against the average political opinion of SV's employee base may be at a disadvantage, I am not sure Parler was the hill to stake that claim on.
So it was constructed as an echo chamber where people were being paid to push products.
[0]"In August, 2018, they created a social media platform similar to Twitter but which promised far greater privacy protections, including a refusal to aggregate user data in order to monetize them to advertisers or algorithmically evaluate their interests in order to promote content or products to them. They also promised far greater free speech rights, rejecting the increasingly repressive content policing of Silicon Valley giants."
This sounds a lot like Fox News claim of being "Fair and Balanced". You might think their point of view is fair but there's no way that it's balanced.