Twitter alternative Parler faces growth
obstacle: Too few liberals
Washington Examiner,
by
Alexandra Lonas
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
7/2/2020 4:49:19 AM
The self-proclaimed "unbiased" platform Parler has the potential to become a mainstream platform, social media analysts say, but its one-sided political audience could stunt its growth."If Parler can't grow beyond its current conservative user base, it will be a trend that quickly fades. It's going to need to get more diversified users and diversified content," social media marketing expert and Digital Trailblazer owner Todd Getts told the Washington Examiner."Parler has a chance at sustaining some momentum because it's based on the concept of free speech," said Jason Falls, author and digital strategist at Cornett.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Mushroom 7/2/2020 6:00:24 AM (No. 463986)
Todd, do you mean like all the news feeds with the handful of trolls sniping at every other comment? Thank you no.HONEST liberals? Absolutely, but just another incel with too much time on their hands has been my experience online.
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Oh come on, Washington Examiner. 'Social media marketing expert & Digital Trailblazer owner Todd Getts' is a huckster. A con man. A charlatan. The current equivalent of Don Lapre doing late night informercials on getting rich from running classified ads. Todd's expertise consists of...keyword spamming search engines including Google and YouTube. But even if his expertise is valid that doesn't qualify him as an expert on social media platforms also.
As with all platforms, growth will depend on the users and on their perceptions of utility. Parler's biggest make-or-break factor is Twitter itself, which has become the equivalent of the CB Radio in about 1978 when everyone spontaneously and simultaneously realized that CBs were mostly a waste of time and effort and the fun/novelty factor had gone.
But if Twitter's bathroom wall is policed tightly and censored based strictly on ideology, some alternative is needed. Parler's interface is, at present, balky, not as intuitive and a bit too impressed with its own animations but as above...it isn't Twitter. As and when Trump's reelection becomes more likely, Twitter will be tightening the screws even more. May as well get the lifeboats ready now.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
anniebc 7/2/2020 6:33:26 AM (No. 464000)
In other words, Parler should be just like Twitter. Like Fox News has become like MSNBCBSBC. Be for real, Todd.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
BarryNo 7/2/2020 6:51:39 AM (No. 464015)
You dont NEED Liberals. If you offer the OPPORTUNITY, it will come, just as people have flocked to this country. They will come. But they will be people expecting and relishing in that freedom, not the knock-kneed pansies who scream, offended by Truth, and need their little hands held and bottoms, wiped.
Dont worry about forcing diversity. The diversity that matters does not segregate, it mixes, blends and comes out true and stronger.
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Is it just me or is this a rather idiotic, childish essay?
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
The Remnants 7/2/2020 7:01:51 AM (No. 464026)
You have the sense that a lot of people desperately want Parler to fail.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Lanetam 7/2/2020 7:16:31 AM (No. 464033)
These guys crack me up!!! How about Twitter and Facebook have a growth problem??? Not enough conservatives!!
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Strike3 7/2/2020 8:03:07 AM (No. 464073)
As the brilliant Mark Steyn quipped yesterday, "if you mix chocolate ice cream with dog feces, the end product is not better." Diversity sucks.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
cor-vet 7/2/2020 8:48:32 AM (No. 464122)
Don't worry, Todd. If Parler takes off as conservative site, plenty of 'tolerant' liberal trolls will join, so they can 'F' bomb everything conservative posters post.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
udanja99 7/2/2020 8:49:01 AM (No. 464123)
I wish that PDT would dump twitter and start using Parler. (Which means “to speak” in French for those who didn’t know.)
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Kate318 7/2/2020 8:49:55 AM (No. 464127)
Hmmm...must mean Parler is getting pretty popular, and is therefore a threat. This is the first stage of liberal response: dismissal. Soon to be followed by disdain, mockery, anger, vicious attack, threats, intimidation, cancellation, and violence, all topped with a generous scoop of cries of racism.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
philsner 7/2/2020 8:53:16 AM (No. 464132)
Oh, Parler is biased? Too bad! Hide on Twitter!
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
lana720 7/2/2020 8:59:57 AM (No. 464149)
We moved to Parler to escape the insanity and media propped Twitter arena.
Leave us alone, OK?
We do not need another cesspool of confusion, lies and exaggeration by the Karens and soy boys of the world, or “woke” enthusiasts of the latest DNC-sponsored loser mentality millennials.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
FunOne 7/2/2020 9:05:29 AM (No. 464160)
My time invested in checking out the postings of Lucianne.com is made more pleasant simply because of a lack of participation by liberals at this site. For Parler, the same situation can indeed be a strong point.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
CEP 7/2/2020 9:14:19 AM (No. 464181)
I am going to have to check this Parler out, does it cost money to use?
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
edgar 7/2/2020 9:59:05 AM (No. 464245)
Too few liberals will not be a problem. As soon as they figure out conservative people prefer the platform, liberals will be out to destroy it. The left is so childish that they must destroy anything they do not agree with.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 7/2/2020 9:59:14 AM (No. 464246)
If President Trump would dump Twitter and go to Parler it would explode. The liberals that would show up would be the leftist Trump hating media. They would follow just so they could write the daily bashing articles for their papers. Genius.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
mc squared 7/2/2020 10:24:47 AM (No. 464284)
My limited experience with social networks (I don't partake) is that it's juvenile, ridiculous comments sounding much like schoolyard threats:
Oh yeah?
Yeah.
Oh yeah?
Make me.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Justcurious 7/2/2020 10:42:19 AM (No. 464308)
Parler is free. It's accessible by computer or smart phone app. They will want to confirm your email address but other than that no info.
I could have summarized the article thusly: Parler growing like wildfire, experts disapprove.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
DVC 7/2/2020 11:00:13 AM (No. 464336)
Too few leftists is NEVER a problem.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
DVC 7/3/2020 2:38:56 AM (No. 465102)
Is this like having too few hemorrhoids?
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