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But how many of those solutions work as well as Dissenter? Do any of them hold a strong position on free speech?

Edit: I was genuinely asking because I had not heard of similar solutions prior to today. But go ahead and keep downvoting me. That'll teach me to engage in honest conversation.

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Does Gab hold a strong position on free speech, or freedom for a particular form of speech?

Those aren't the same thing, after all. The echo chambers of self-described dissenters often seem little different than those they claim to dissent against.

You both lost me. Gab's position on free speech is pretty simple. If it's legal in the US (where Gab is located), then it won't be censored. If people don't like what you say, they may mute you as individuals, but no one will limit or ban you from posting.

I’ve not heard of anyone banned from the platform for legal speech of any kind.

It’s sad that it’s associated with a political faction, though Torba’s statements make it clear why. Gab actually has (or had, it’s been over a year since I logged on to it) far superior stream filtering tools to Twitter.

I think it's reasonable for a person to have the opinion that Gab's opining on free speech is dishonest, though you, personally, may be positing the opposite in total honesty.

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