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1. switching.social (switchingsocial@mastodon.at)'s status on Monday, 17-Jun-2019 23:02:44 UTC switching.social

   • Linux
   • Evergreen Stone

   @evergreen @linux

   Gab/Dissenter's growth was based on Nazis and racists being banned. Here's what right-wing pro-Trump news source Fox News says:

   https://www.foxnews.com/politics/as-twitter-cracks-down-on-alt-right-aggrieved-members-flee-to-gab

   "As Twitter cracks down on alt-right, aggrieved members flee to 'Gab'"

   "Gab's Torba says...
   “We are growing like wildfire, and I think a lot of those bans and the censorship is really propelling our growth,” he said. “People are looking for a new alternative as their voices have been shut up.”

   • switching.social (switchingsocial@mastodon.at)'s status on Monday, 17-Jun-2019 23:11:42 UTC switching.social

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     • Linux
     • Evergreen Stone

     @evergreen @linux

     Dissenter is essentially part of Gab.

     Gab is the place where Nazis go when no one else will let them promote genocide and hatred.

     It's a dumping ground for the worst racists imagineable, including mass murderers:

     https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/nation-now/2018/10/29/gab-goes-offline-pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting/1804582002/

     Here are some other sources about Gab/Dissenter's nature:

     https://mashable.com/article/gab-pittsburgh-shooting-back-online/

     https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/10/29/inside-the-online-cesspool-of-anti-semitism-that-housed-robert-bowers-221949

     https://www.thejc.com/news/world/inside-the-social-media-network-of-the-alt-right-1.477090

     https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/10/31/silicon-valley-elite-social-media-hate-radicalization-that-led-gab/

     https://www.thedailybeast.com/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooter-spewed-his-hate-on-gab-the-alt-rights-favorite-social-network

     etc etc etc.