111: Defending Speech Freedom Against Big Tech: Insights from Parler CEO – John Matze
Today’s guest on the Expat Money Show is John Matze, Founder, and CEO of Parler social media. If you’re not yet familiar with Parler, you soon will be, they are getting a TON of traction. It’s an American microblogging and social networking service launched in August 2018.
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WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN THIS INTERVIEW:
- Why would you want to take on the giants in social media? what a huge undertaking!
- Did you think, “we can do it better than FB and Twitter”?
- How much work was involved in building a platform to take on the giants
- 12 Million Accounts since August 2018, WOW!
- A paradigm shift for people
- What does ‘Free Speech’ actually mean? and
- Why Free Speech and why is it so important
- Parler platform is neutral and John is neutral
- Parler has Accounts, not Users
- Getting verified and how it works
- Scammers and Bots
HOW TO FIND JOHN’S WORK
- @John on Parler
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CONCLUSION
John Matze is a hard-working, ethical entrepreneur who decided to make a social media platform that was based on freedom. I believe that he and his team are on their way to really making a difference. If you enjoyed the show, remember to give me a shout out on Parler @MikkelThorup and make sure you sign up for your free account at Parler
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Um, Gab (Gab.com) and Mastadon (joinmastodon.org/) are open-source, censorship-free, and do not require a phone number to register! They are better than Parler thus.
I decided to go check it out, made an account… and instantly it’s only promoting right-wing news and accounts to me. I read an article just now saying that a lot of white supremacists are flocking there and sharing their views… this is concerning. I’d love a new social media platform for many reasons but… not this.