yup

google delisted gab and forced users to sideload the app

so why wouldnt they do the same there?

yea

gab.ai is a dead man walking anyway

i don't think they'll be around for the mid-terms (which is what this censorship is all about)

The next few months are going to have a lot of censorship casualties.

why would they choose to live in microsofts basement though?
am i getting this wrong?

Azure can just demand they take down any tweet they deem unfit, and Gab either complies and stops being a "free speech platform" (thereby destroying the reason their users actually use the site), or they can refuse and get shut down. If they get kicked off Azure nobody else is going to allow them to be hosted.

They're damned if they do and damned if they don't.

is it impossible to run a social site independently?

Define "independently". You need a registrar, a host, DDoS protection, ad network, payment processor, etc.

Any one of those can stab you in the back at any time.

yeah true

Technically you could do all that in house but that would take untold millions of non-recoverable investment, so it's not financially viable for a startup.

im hoping for new tech enabling people to be more independent, but you always need division of labor i guess

https://twitter.com/Ocasio2018/status/1027729430137827328

So if a man challenges her to a debate on policy, it's sexist.

'kay

Guess they'll have to find someone with the right genitals to debate her.

coulter or malkin

idk if i want her to win or loose

She's really not prepared for any significant challenges to her positions.

watching her get humbled would be fun

but shes soooo dumb

Softball interviews from lefty journos are hard enough for her.

yea

Who even catcalls anymore. I’ve never really seen it happen.

Though I’m a country bumpkin so that may be a reason

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9EKV2nSU8w

https://sevvie.ltd/essays/the-free-press-is-to-serve-the-governed/

Y'all going to do the Momo suicide challenge?

Did Ocasio-Cortez just assume Shapiro's gender?!?!

Not very progressive of her

Quite transphobic

Basically unelectable now

@Dan V i was literally shaking when i saw ocasio’s response , I thought twitter was a safe space

Jack pls ban Ocasio-Cortez for transphobia #its2016

wow

what a bigot

What?