Adios, Parler

Todd Spangler, reporting for Variety:

Parler, the self-described “uncancelable free-speech social platform” that catered to right-wing users — which was nearly acquired by Kanye West last year — has been shut down by its new owner.

“No reasonable person believes that a Twitter clone just for conservatives is a viable business any more,” Arlington, Va.-based digital media company Starboard said in announcing Friday that it had acquired Parler.

No reasonable person believes Parler is ever going to successfully rebrand, either, so it’s a curiosity what they bought it for. (Also, there’s at least one unreasonable person who ostensibly believes a Twitter clone just for conservatives is a viable business.)

★ Tuesday, 18 April 2023