I have been suspended on #Twitter for pointing out statistical facts. This reminds me that whether you're into politics or you're a #DnD  gamer, you should check out certain alternative free-speech social media sites that are really great! I share my favorites and where you can find me on them, and more:
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Greetings!

It is sad that you are censored on Twitter, but I'm not surprised though with the recent tyranny of the tech companies. They have censored President Trump, or attempted to do so.

You are always interesting to talk with Pundit! Gaming, Politics, world events--you should talk about all kinds of things.

Semper Fidelis,

SHARK

It still boggles the mind they could get away with censoring the President. How come they were not immediately raided by the Feds the moment they tried this?

Quote from: Melan on November 09, 2020, 02:41:46 AM
It still boggles the mind they could get away with censoring the President. How come they were not immediately raided by the Feds the moment they tried this?

Because they're still technically a private service company who can deny service to anyone they want so long as they are not denying service to a customer specifically because that customer is a member of a protected class.

It's remarkable just how flimsy the Civil Rights act actually is when the rubber meets the road.  "We don't mind that you're black, we are denying your service because something something something."

It is pretty insane to see Twitter suspending people just for posting political opinions while those who post opinions shared by Jack Dorsey can literally call for Cops to be murdered and nothing happens.  Political Affiliation should be a protected class, but that's looking unlikely.

It is like disconnecting someone you are against from the telephone network, or mail (and going after alternative telephone operators as well). It is an incredible abuse of a monopolist's power, and should have been punished mercilessly. Yet here we are, on the brink of a China-style censorship regime. Incredible.

Parler is exploding (almost literally, their hardware is glitching trying to keep up with tens of thousands of new sign ups an hour and the corresponding exponential increase in traffic) as an alternative to Twitter and, to a lesser extent, Facebook that touts its free speech focus (basically... "If you don't like what they're saying, unfollow them") as the reason to sign up.

Also, they call their posts "Parlays" which just warms the cockles of my D&D heart.

Rumble is looking to be a free speech alternative to YouTube ("Rumble is your rights management video platform. Host, distribute and monetize all your professional, social and viral video" is their search engine blurb).

Startpage is offering untracked and unfiltered search engine results.

And of course, this site is the free speech alternative to the Big Purple and all the other increasingly censor-happy gaming sites.

I'm reminded of Leia's line to Tarkin... "the tighter you squeeze the more systems will slip through your fingers."

BigTech thought they had a Death Star in their ability to cancel anyone who didn't comply... but they miscalculated as badly as the braintrust behind the sequel trilogy in their arrogant and obvious censorship and now their revenue stream is starting to abandon them in droves for greener pastures.

The genie is out of the bottle and every rebellious youth out there now sees them as the oppressive establishment option... or to put it another way, "Conservative Populism is the New Counterculture."

Twitter is trash. I deleted my account after seeing how the Rpg community there treats people,  not just those politically opposed, either. Parler is the way to go.

Quote from: Chris24601 on November 09, 2020, 08:40:17 AM
Parler is exploding as an alternative to Twitter and, to a lesser extent, Facebook that touts its free speech focus (basically... "If you don't like what they're saying, unfollow them") as the reason to sign up.

My biggest issue with Parler is that you can't view peoples posts without being a member. That makes it super isolated.

Pundit, I saw something on Tenkar's Tavern FB about you getting a post somewhere removed..? Can you comment on that?

Quote from: bat on November 09, 2020, 01:46:25 PM
Twitter is trash. I deleted my account after seeing how the Rpg community there treats people,  not just those politically opposed, either. Parler is the way to go.

There are a few decent RPG creators on Twitter but you're right about most of them

I am sure of one thing I am going to be switching the default search engine on all of my devices to StartPage.com

Quote from: hedgehobbit on November 09, 2020, 03:55:44 PM

Quote from: Chris24601 on November 09, 2020, 08:40:17 AM
Parler is exploding as an alternative to Twitter and, to a lesser extent, Facebook that touts its free speech focus (basically... "If you don't like what they're saying, unfollow them") as the reason to sign up.

My biggest issue with Parler is that you can't view peoples posts without being a member. That makes it super isolated.

Yes, MeWe too. Its something they should change. Otherwise its a ghetto.

Other than size of the audience, what's the differences between Twatter and its alternatives like Parler and Gab?

Quote from: Spinachcat on November 09, 2020, 07:18:43 PM
Other than size of the audience, what's the differences between Twatter and its alternatives like Parler and Gab?

Layout I guess.  I do not know how many people use Gab, but the bit I took a look there a year or so ago, it seemed a bit of a shitshow with people who spammed very NSFW crap constantly.  Parler allows significantly more characters for replies and posts, so people tend to be able to get a full thought out.  Though right now some of those thoughts are a little...fiery.

Quote from: Spinachcat on November 09, 2020, 07:18:43 PM
Other than size of the audience, what's the differences between Twatter and its alternatives like Parler and Gab?

Two of the main differences are:

1. Functionality. Parler is currently having growing pains because of the mass swell of new members. That makes the app buggy. But this is a transitory issue.

2. Variety. Parler's much more resolutely right-of-center.  There's hardly any left-wing views there. There's also a dangerous risk of not having enough normies there. Twitter has some people on it that don't care at all about politics, quite a lot actually. But in Parler, everyone cares about politics (not so MeWe, for example, that's much less political, though still has a lot of politics in it). Gab is even worse in every regard, and has practically no normies.

If Parler & Gab are heavily political, I wonder if either is good for RPG chatter. Or do you think that post-election, the audience is going to start branching into other discussions?

And what's a normie in 2020? I can see anti-political people (aka, I don't care, don't want to know, or this is my time away from strife), but I wonder if those people are happy enough with Twatter. My anti-political friends walked away from all social media except for family-only groups on Farcebook. Maybe MeWe would be the better platform for non-politicized RPG talk?

But outside of anti-political people, everyone's taken sides and I suspect because of the all-pervasiveness of SJW bullshit in culture (including dorky elf games) the number of people willing to break bread with "the opposition" is plummeting.

Since the shamdemic, I've got a Deplorables-only gaming table, not originally designed because of politics, but based on who was literally willing to die (LOL) for the chance to toss dice and chew pizza.