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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGAB: here's everything we know about the site.
Gab, which bills itself as the free-speech alternative to Facebook and Twitter, has become a haven for far-right extremists. The site does not police hate speech, instead encouraging users to take advantage of its tools to filter out posts they find offensive.
Gab has an open-door policy for far-right figures like Milo Yiannopoulos and Alex Jones, who have been kicked off of Twitter and other tech platforms.
Although the site purports to be open to anyone who shares "in the common ideals of Western values, individual liberty, and the free exchange and flow of information," it's most frequently populated by far-right ideologies.
As of the beginning of September, Gab had 635,000 registered users, according to a document it filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. That's up from just 394,000 in March, but it's a drop in the bucket compared to the social-media giants.
Gab has an open-door policy for far-right figures like Milo Yiannopoulos and Alex Jones, who have been kicked off of Twitter and other tech platforms.
Although the site purports to be open to anyone who shares "in the common ideals of Western values, individual liberty, and the free exchange and flow of information," it's most frequently populated by far-right ideologies.
As of the beginning of September, Gab had 635,000 registered users, according to a document it filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. That's up from just 394,000 in March, but it's a drop in the bucket compared to the social-media giants.
https://www.businessinsider.com/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-gab-2018-10#the-service-is-relatively-small-6
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GAB: here's everything we know about the site. (Original Post)
Cattledog
Oct 2018
OP
Not any more.....they'll be a torrent of left wing trolls now invading their little playground. nt
UniteFightBack
Oct 2018
#4
underpants
(182,826 posts)1. Like cockroaches they have their own little world.
Festering
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)4. Not any more.....they'll be a torrent of left wing trolls now invading their little playground. nt
calguy
(5,313 posts)5. Count me in
,I love trolling right wing sites.
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)2. was the Florida stripper also involved with Gab?
Or just the shooter from today?
Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)3. I have a troll account on Gab
I use it to pretty much lurk, not post. But man, it is a cesspool of human ignorance and hate.
malaise
(269,054 posts)6. Today was the first time I heard of GAB
Scary
Never heard of it.
malaise
(269,054 posts)9. I have wondered if they have their own
social media network.
rgbecker
(4,832 posts)8. 600,000 is a lot of fucking Nazis.
50% increase since March?
It is going to be hard to put all the wackos back in their box. Will take more than control of the House of Representatives.