Casey Newton
There truly is no point to Parler in a world where Elon's Twitter exists https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/10/23549198/parler-parlement-technologies-layoffs-gettr-george-farmer-candace-owens
Parler’s parent company has laid off a majority of its staff

Parlement Technologies, the parent company of “censorship-free” social media platform Parler, has laid off a majority of its staff and most of its chief executives over the last few weeks. The sudden purge of staff has thrown the future of Parler, one of the first conservative alternatives to mainstream platforms, into question.

The Verge
Jan 10, 2023 at 11:56pmWeb
Show threadRenee DiRestaJan 11, 2023
@caseynewton the man is the owner of the first successful alt-platform.
Show threadJLab8Jan 11, 2023
@Noupside @caseynewton not for long, with luck!
Show threadNathan SchneiderJan 11, 2023
@caseynewton I was kind of hopeful about their user-jury enforcement mechanism.
Show threadJohnny Normality (Feral Mode)Jan 11, 2023
@caseynewton
You’re the social media pro, did Parler dodge a Ye shaped bullet or did Ye dodge a Parler shaped bullet?
Show threadjakobdorofJan 11, 2023
@probgoblin @caseynewton they are now equally pointless
Show threadCasual ObserverJan 11, 2023
@caseynewton #elonmusk #twitter makes both #parler and #truthsocial pointless.
Show threadHumanist EngineerJan 11, 2023
@caseynewton they’re all gonna die. They always do. 4chan. 8chan. Etc…
Show threadMeow.tar.gz  Jan 11, 2023
@caseynewton True! Parler is kind of redundant at this point. 😹
Show threadMorriganJan 11, 2023
@caseynewton 🎯
Show threadJeffJan 11, 2023
@caseynewton no use for Twitter as well
Show threadbendaJan 11, 2023
@caseynewton #cenkuigher of #tyt made this point right after Elon started banning people and reinstating fascists. he was like you paid at least $20b too much for Twitter, to turn it into parler... a FAILING business? hahahaha
Show threadJohn RefiorJan 11, 2023
@caseynewton
They’re the same thing
Show threadCurmudgeonJan 11, 2023
@caseynewton
Not sure you need the last 7 words.
Show threadChase BJan 11, 2023
The three amigos are down to dos.
Show threadThomasJan 12, 2023
@caseynewton It’s like surviving the Lusitania only to take a trip on the Titanic.
Show threadPatty Bluebird 🦩Jan 12, 2023
@caseynewton Oh well.
Show threadmsgbiJan 12, 2023
@caseynewton @aloa5 @charles_ex @Ginger149 twt irs no tax battery rockets and other foreign hate but COVID vacc crazy absolut high. Who knew they would flock to ah med experiments