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Axios: The Right Wing is building its own websites and services. This is not OK
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Date: December 6th, 2021 11:44 AM Author: odious area https://www.axios.com/conservative-social-media-crypto-publishing-internet-56a77cbd-89c6-480a-a8a4-6092b7eea481.html
Conservatives are aggressively building their own apps, phones, cryptocurrencies and publishing houses in an attempt to circumvent what they see as an increasingly liberal internet and media ecosystem.
Why it matters: Many of these efforts couldn't exist without the backing of major corporate figures and billionaires who are eager to push back against things like "censorship" and "cancel culture."
It's still not clear whether demand will match supply. Driving the news: Rumble, a conservative alternative to YouTube, agreed to go public at an implied $2.1 billion valuation via a SPAC merger.
The SPAC is sponsored by Cantor Fitzgerald, a financial services firm led by billionaire and Trump fundraiser Howard Lutnick. "I'm excited to support Rumble and its ability to operate the neutral video platform," Lutnick said in a statement. Donald Trump's new social media company, called Truth Social, also plans to go public via a SPAC and on Saturday said that it secured $1 billion in so-called PIPE financing.
The SPAC is currently trading at a market value of $1.6 billion, down from its $4.5 billion peak in late October. Truth Social has yet to name a CEO. Gettr, a social app launched by ex-Trump aide Jason Miller, has not disclosed all of its investors, but Miller has acknowledged that one of the app's funders is the family foundation of Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui.
Aside from social networks, conservatives are pushing to create alternatives to other tech tools and communication platforms.
Book publishing: Trump allies recently launched a book publishing house called Winning Team Publishing, run by former Trump campaign aide Sergio Gor and Donald Trump Jr. The imprint will publish the ex-President's first book, a coffee table tome that's picture-focused. Cloud storage: Trump's new social media company will be hosted online by RightForge, an internet infrastructure company that courts conservatives. As Axios' Margaret Harding McGill notes, relying on a conservative web hosting service could help Trump avoid the same issues Parler faced when Amazon pulled its web services following the Capitol siege. Crypto: A new cryptocurrency called "Magacoin" has already caught the attention of high-profile conservatives, per The Guardian. Phones: A young Bitcoin entrepreneur is developing a "Freedom phone," a device being marketed to conservatives. Yes, but: While politicians seem eager to find new, unregulated avenues for political speech, data from Apptopia shows that consumers aren't sprinting toward new alternatives.
Conservatives flocked to a slew of alternative social networks during the election an in the weeks following Donald Trump's de-platforming amid the Capitol insurrection, but downloads have since slowed. The bottom line: Conservative media has been a powerhouse for a long time, but this phase of its expansion isn't just about more or louder conservative voices — it's about building an entire conservative ecosystem. |
Date: December 6th, 2021 11:48 AM Author: sick violent corner last year: it's a private company, build your own
this year: building your own private company is "circumventing" censorship and must be stopped |
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Date: December 6th, 2021 11:51 AM Author: odious area (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4979988&forum_id=2#43567228) |
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Date: December 6th, 2021 11:53 AM Author: mentally impaired school cafeteria "oh, you weren't supposed to succeed at building your own YouTube before we'd succeeded at criminalizing your views. darn. guess we'll have to move up the timetable!" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4979988&forum_id=2#43567241) |
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Date: December 6th, 2021 12:51 PM Author: obsidian cruise ship (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4979988&forum_id=2#43567610) |
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Date: December 6th, 2021 1:28 PM Author: electric seedy brethren (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4979988&forum_id=2#43567936) |
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Date: December 6th, 2021 1:56 PM Author: Carmine legal warrant (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4979988&forum_id=2#43568101) |
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Date: December 6th, 2021 2:56 PM Author: Slimy library (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4979988&forum_id=2#43568574) |
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Date: December 6th, 2021 7:46 PM Author: Bossy principal's office (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4979988&forum_id=2#43569940) |
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Date: December 6th, 2021 11:50 AM Author: sapphire whorehouse internal respiration all of the mainstream conservative platforms are not allowed free speech -- Rumble, Trump's new platform -- say anything about the Jews and you are/will be immediately banned. gab is true free speech but the platform is total garbage. some people are on poa.st i guess. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4979988&forum_id=2#43567224) |
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Date: December 6th, 2021 11:52 AM Author: Trip messiness To be fair,
(Guy who forgot about Dre and Telegram) |
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Date: December 6th, 2021 11:54 AM Author: sapphire whorehouse internal respiration i don't know what "Dre" is. telegram channels have a very limited reach and I hear telegram has been banning a lot of wrongthink channels. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4979988&forum_id=2#43567245) |
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Date: December 6th, 2021 11:56 AM Author: Trip messiness To be fair,
Telegram currently has more than half a billion users as is growing very quickly. That's half the size of Instagram.
And no, Telegram isn't censoring shit (except for CP etc) -- Apple / Google are doing that. If you aren't a retarded Boomer and just download the Telegram app directly instead of through the Apple store, nothing is blocked. |
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Date: December 6th, 2021 12:28 PM Author: Sickened volcanic crater explain how to download it 'directly' - not a boomer and their site just points you to the apple store. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4979988&forum_id=2#43567442) |
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Date: December 6th, 2021 12:30 PM Author: sick violent corner Apple is retarded and gay, you can't control your own machine at all. Jailbreak the phone and sideload apps or maybe AltStore can do this. Android you can install whatever you want. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4979988&forum_id=2#43567454) |
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Date: December 6th, 2021 12:42 PM Author: sapphire whorehouse internal respiration this is from january but there's been a lot more since theN:
how do you not know this?
anyway telegram is fine for solidifying inter-group bonds but there is no way to recruit on it, which makes it a pretty sub-par platform imo. |
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Date: December 6th, 2021 1:55 PM Author: Trip messiness To be fair,
(Self-described white nationalist dissident thinker who also unironically posts an NBC "news" article reporting on Telegram and still expects to be taken seriously)
Here's the only line in that bullshit kike rag that actually matters and isn't a presumptive lie: "Telegram did not respond to request for comment."
I know this because I actually read Pavel Durov's direct communications that he sends out via Telegram, and I also actually follow enough legitimate dissident accounts on that platform to have seen this in action both ways during the last year or so when Apple started cracking down. |
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Date: December 6th, 2021 11:56 AM Author: Lascivious Crusty Legend Crackhouse i shouldn't have been surprised but i lol'd irl when the article put "censorship" in scare quotes (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4979988&forum_id=2#43567257) |
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Date: December 6th, 2021 12:55 PM Author: supple wild selfie (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4979988&forum_id=2#43567647) |
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Date: December 6th, 2021 2:18 PM Author: odious area (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4979988&forum_id=2#43568275) |
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Date: December 6th, 2021 12:30 PM Author: Rebellious Hyperactive Den Roast Beef We wanted them to build their own Internet, but not by him, not like this. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4979988&forum_id=2#43567453) |
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Date: December 6th, 2021 12:49 PM Author: Glittery Queen Of The Night circumvent (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4979988&forum_id=2#43567588) |
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Date: December 6th, 2021 7:35 PM Author: odious area (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4979988&forum_id=2#43569857) |
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Date: December 6th, 2021 7:36 PM Author: brass adventurous range parallel society (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4979988&forum_id=2#43569865) |
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Date: December 6th, 2021 7:42 PM Author: pale lodge What the fuck is an “Axios” anyway? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4979988&forum_id=2#43569908) |
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Date: December 6th, 2021 7:43 PM Author: Thriller parlor a slightly less shitlib news site (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4979988&forum_id=2#43569921) |
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Date: December 6th, 2021 7:45 PM Author: brass adventurous range the voice of the deep state (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4979988&forum_id=2#43569932) |
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Date: December 6th, 2021 7:54 PM Author: pale lodge “but Miller has acknowledged that one of the app's funders is the family foundation of Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui.”
See everyone, Drumpf is the one on the take from China, pay no attention to any right wing conspiracy theories about Biden and China, also eat the bugs hehe |
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Date: December 7th, 2021 10:09 AM Author: splenetic location pozpig (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4979988&forum_id=2#43572354) |
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Date: December 6th, 2021 10:03 PM Author: Lime Really Tough Guy https://twitter.com/abigailmarone/status/1467893443842256899/photo/1 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4979988&forum_id=2#43570692) |
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Date: December 7th, 2021 10:34 AM Author: Diverse kitty cat bawdyhouse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4979988&forum_id=2#43572525) |
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Date: December 6th, 2021 10:29 PM Author: cocky plaza circlehead lol where does it say it's not ok for them to do this? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4979988&forum_id=2#43570854) |
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Date: December 6th, 2021 10:32 PM Author: Lascivious Crusty Legend Crackhouse the constitution (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4979988&forum_id=2#43570880) |