I was on Parler before I found USMB. It was kind of clunky,, but I had fun. There was not as much of a variety of opinion as there is here. When they were deplatformed (cancelled, yes, they were), I found USMB. Parler was down for a while, and when they came back, it was different, and there were different rules.
Rules don't normally affect me, as I am civil and don't even cuss on-line, but it bothered me that they caved to woke pressure. If they had guts, they would have built a new platform from the ground up and did whatever the heck they wanted to, and I would have gained some loyalty to them.
USMB is another form of social media. It's fine if it doesn't meet your definition. They are all different. I can't stand most of them.
Here at USMB, I find there is intelligent discussion to be had, and most people are civil with me, as I strive to be to them, even if we drastically disagree. That is really enjoyable for me, and an impressive trait which probably only the most intelligent humans have mastered, and there seems to be plenty of them here.
The censorship that concerns me most is when scientific studies (such as mask/vaccine/ivermectin/hydroxycholoroquine/etc.) or when controversial speech is banned, such as stating that our four-Admiral Levine is a man.
I don't necessarily agree with all of these studies or controversial statements, but I want to be able to hear them or even post controversial statements myself.
The site is not even launched yet. The draft TOS simply says one cannot criticize the site or employees of the site. I will wait and see. I don't participate in highly-censored discussion boards.
I was on Parler daily. I didn't see any of that. I did see a lot of people say they were going to DC on Jan 6th, even from the West Coast. I saw no calls for insurrection, only to give a message to Congress that they need to do their job and possibly not certify the questionable results of certain states until things were resolved.
Most of the organizing for 1/6 was reportedly actually carried out on Facebook.
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According to the Department of Justice charging documents, Facebook was used more than any other social media site when it came to organizing the Jan. 6 riots, yet Parler was deplatformed for this reason. Daily Caller reports: The Program on Extremism at George Washington University has...
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Regards,
Jim