Fringe Social Network Gab Says it Gained 600,000 Users as Parler Shut Down

Fringe Social Network Gab Says it Gained 600,000 Users as Parler Shut Down

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http://www.newsweek.com/gab-fringe-social-network-adds-600000-users-parler-shut-down-1560453

The CEO of Gab, a fringe social network known to attract white nationalists, conspiracy theorists, the far-right and personalities banned from mainstream platforms, says the site gained around 600,000 new users on Sunday.

Andrew Torba, a conservative programmer who launched the site in 2016, said in a post on Monday that his service had enjoyed a wave of new users and that his team added 10 new servers to cope with demand resulting from the sudden influx.

Fringe Social Network Gab Says it Gained 600,000 Users as Parler Shut Down

Jan 11, 2021, 1:23pm UTC
http://www.newsweek.com/gab-fringe-social-network-adds-600000-users-parler-shut-down-1560453 > The CEO of Gab, a fringe social network known to attract white nationalists, conspiracy theorists, the far-right and personalities banned from mainstream platforms, says the site gained around 600,000 new users on Sunday. > Andrew Torba, a conservative programmer who launched the site in 2016, said in a post on Monday that his service had enjoyed a wave of new users and that his team added 10 new servers to cope with demand resulting from the sudden influx.