{"id":39077,"date":"2023-04-18T16:55:43","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T20:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=39077"},"modified":"2023-04-18T16:56:31","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T20:56:31","slug":"parler-shuts-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/18\/parler-shuts-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Parler Shuts Down"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jon Brodkin<\/a> (Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n

Parler, the self-described “uncancelable free speech platform,” has been sold and shut down while its new owner conducts a “strategic assessment.” The platform will be back eventually, new owner Starboard says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Mike Masnick<\/a>:<\/p>\n

You may recall there were stories last fall of Kanye West buying the site, which we noted appeared to be the failed site (with around 50,000 daily active users) trying to take advantage of a troubled rich guy<\/a>. That deal quickly fell apart.<\/p>

[…]<\/p>

It’s not at all clear why one would buy the site just to shut it down, but the CEO of Starboard claimed he still hoped to “retain the platform’s audience.” But… elsewhere he admitted that there’s no real market<\/a> for a Trumpist social media network.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Certainly not with Trump himself on Truth Social and Instagram, and also restored on Twitter. Gab is still out there, too, for the crowd who wants even less moderation. I guess Starboard just wanted a good deal on a bunch of customer data.<\/p>\n\n

Interestingly, while Parler was intially removed from the App Store for not being sufficiently moderated, Mastodon apps don’t seem to have faced that problem, even though anyone can start up an instance so there’s no guarantee that any particular moderation policy will be followed.<\/p>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n