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'''Gab''' or '''Gab.ai''' is another pump and dump scam set up by Andrew Torba in 2016, a former member of Y Combinator who saw the rise of the alt-right during the 2016 presidential election and realised that he had another customer base that he could set up an inferior social media competitor to [[Twitter]] using only a [https://pusher.com/pricing $49 dollar social media template]. Torba realised that if you market yourself to them as a "free speech alternative" that you can then do whatever the fuck you want and their loyal fanbase will do the advertising on Twitter for you by making their Twitter usernames their Gab profile URLs and spamming anyone about the latest new fad like there aren't already 300 fucking micro-blogging alternatives. Of course they are [https://medium.com/@Torbahax/gab-donations-9ca2a5c0557e#.9iajmlghq ask for your donations while you receive nothing in return], not even a tax deduction thanks to the fact that they are a for profit enterprise. | '''Gab''' or '''Gab.ai''' is another pump and dump scam set up by Andrew Torba in 2016, a former member of Y Combinator who saw the rise of the alt-right during the 2016 presidential election and realised that he had another customer base that he could set up an inferior social media competitor to [[Twitter]] using only a [https://pusher.com/pricing $49 dollar social media template]. Torba realised that if you market yourself to them as a "free speech alternative" that you can then do whatever the fuck you want and their loyal fanbase will do the advertising on Twitter for you by making their Twitter usernames their Gab profile URLs and spamming anyone about the latest new fad like there aren't already 300 fucking micro-blogging alternatives that are also a complete ghosttown. Of course they are [https://medium.com/@Torbahax/gab-donations-9ca2a5c0557e#.9iajmlghq ask for your donations while you receive nothing in return], not even a tax deduction thanks to the fact that they are a for profit enterprise. | ||
They had a small surge in popularity because Twitter is run by a bunch of retards who will ban anybody on short notice, however what has consistently kept them from reaching anything higher is due to it being a circlejerk of Trump supporters who need a safe space similar to that of the SJWs they despise. Also due to the fact that it actually isn't functionally all that better than Twitter, and in some cases much worse. This in turn has led them to have to backpedal against the fact that they pandered to the alt-right since the start and actually be just as draconian as their main competitor. | They had a small surge in popularity because Twitter is run by a bunch of retards who will ban anybody on short notice, however what has consistently kept them from reaching anything higher is due to it being a circlejerk of Trump supporters who need a safe space similar to that of the SJWs they despise. Also due to the fact that it actually isn't functionally all that better than Twitter, and in some cases much worse. This in turn has led them to have to backpedal against the fact that they pandered to the alt-right since the start and actually be just as draconian as their main competitor. | ||
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Gab or Gab.ai is another pump and dump scam set up by Andrew Torba in 2016, a former member of Y Combinator who saw the rise of the alt-right during the 2016 presidential election and realised that he had another customer base that he could set up an inferior social media competitor to Twitter using only a $49 dollar social media template. Torba realised that if you market yourself to them as a "free speech alternative" that you can then do whatever the fuck you want and their loyal fanbase will do the advertising on Twitter for you by making their Twitter usernames their Gab profile URLs and spamming anyone about the latest new fad like there aren't already 300 fucking micro-blogging alternatives that are also a complete ghosttown. Of course they are ask for your donations while you receive nothing in return, not even a tax deduction thanks to the fact that they are a for profit enterprise.
They had a small surge in popularity because Twitter is run by a bunch of retards who will ban anybody on short notice, however what has consistently kept them from reaching anything higher is due to it being a circlejerk of Trump supporters who need a safe space similar to that of the SJWs they despise. Also due to the fact that it actually isn't functionally all that better than Twitter, and in some cases much worse. This in turn has led them to have to backpedal against the fact that they pandered to the alt-right since the start and actually be just as draconian as their main competitor.
Andrew Torba/Torbahax - Founder and CEO
