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But My Group Wants to Parler All The Time, Parler All The Time
Is the latest Twexit to Parler really the changing of the social media guard, or is something else going on here?
There is nothing new under the sun, especially in the world of Parler, which is now on their second “Twexit” this calendar year.
Thanks to all the attention in recent days, Parler is now one of the most downloaded apps on Apple and Android smartphones. It has hit 10 million members — more than double the 4.5 million it had last week, according to Jeffrey Wernick, the company’s chief operating officer.
“Our growth is not attributable to any one person or group, but rather to Parler’s efforts to earn our community’s trust, both by protecting their privacy, and being transparent about the way in which their content is handled on our platform,” Wernick said in a statement.
Wow. 10 Million Members! Doubling the members in a week! Taking over the world!!!!…until you realize that Twitter has 187 million daily active users, and Facebook has 2 billion — with a “b” — daily users. Still, impressive numbers… But is this really the changing of the social media guard, or is something else going on here?
Let’s back up.
