Gab is positioning itself as a free speech alternative to the Jew owned social network censorship. It looks a genuinely good idea, but what makes me suspicious is the complete lack of professionalism of Gab owners.
First, Gab's design is clearly below average, like it was designed by an amateur kid.
Second, the brand itself is obviously demented. First of all, why "Gab"? You don't have to be a rocket scientist to name it at least correctly "Gabber", or something even more appealing, like "Freedome", because they say to be fighting for freedom, therefore the selfexplantory name "Freedome" is the first that comes to mind.
The Gab owners are claiming to be willing creating a valuable competitor, but it is obvious that they don't give a fuck. I just can't believe they can be so stupid to create something that goes against basic requirements to be competitive by missing such basics as appealing brand and well thought design.
I don't know about you, but when a site is half assed and obviously demented, it must be a honeypot.
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[–] senpaithatignoresyou 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
And now the first questions about social media start to hit.
Ever wonder why micorsoft, google, att, Cisco, or any of the giant tech companies never jumped on the twitter bandwagon? It's because it is not profitable.
That is why cheap amateurs are getting involved, it is not profitable for the bigger companies. It probably is not profitable for the amateurs.
Which begs a giant question: what the hell has been keeping twitter afloat? Government money.
Twitter has been the liberal flagship for tech, a means to alienate the normal people by making them feel obsolete. Only twitter does not make a profit, and the politicians that kept it afloat for propaganda reasons are now out of office.
[–] sunshine702 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Saudi Arabia and Quatar also bought in years ago - that's why banning people that criticize Islam.
[–] sunshine702 ago (edited ago)
Some things I've noticed - the fight between Vox and Anglin is ridiculous and taking over there - just at the time a flood of new people joined after founder was on Tucker Carlsin's show. And 2- you noticed the mainstream media covered him the very next day after he agreed to take down Anglin's fat joke. While free speech I think the powers that be know he can be controlled. My 2 cents
[–] Conspirologist [S] ago
TPTB control everything, therefore anybody can be controlled, or eliminated by any means.
When forced choosing between losing life vs accepting money, anybody will choose money.
[–] scoopadoop ago
to be fair, the owner is an amateur. right now the site looks like crap because it is crap. the guy is even still getting bullied by google so he can't even maintain full free speech yet. I say give it time.
[–] Conspirologist [S] 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
OK. But what about the brand name? Why it sucks so much like it was made deliberately?
[–] PhilaFerret ago
By saying Gabber is a correct name, does that mean it should sound more similar to Twitter? Freedome implies a lid, which sounds like the opposite of being free. Help me to follow your sense of marketing.