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4chan has survived the wannabe-stasi deplatform mob all these years simply by hosting the servers in the admin's basement.

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Like 4chan, Gab also survived the de-platforming witch hunt and are self-hosting almost everything.

To Downvoters: So the above statement is somehow 'false' and 4chan and Gab are NOT self-hosting and are in the same situation like Parler which is still down?

Does anyone have concrete evidence that contradicts the parent AND the grandparent statements? Or is it just the emotional reaction to two websites that one just felt the need to downvote a fact without reason or counter evidence?

Let's not get any form of irrationalities in the way of the actual facts and the truth.

Explanation? (With evidence of course)

I think people are responding to language like “wannabe-stasi deplatform mob” and “de-platforming witch hunt” more than the actual facts or websites involved.

That language is not neutral, so the response isn’t surprising.

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