Someone needs to start a competitive service.
duckduckgo.com
Someone mentioned a new social media site called “Gab” on FR a few days ago. Don’t know anything about it.
It’s not that easy. Start a “conservative internet” and Google will just make sure nobody will be able to find it.
Imagine if Google owned all the highways and said people with views they didn’t like couldn’t use them. “But it’s a free country so you conservatives can build your own highways!” They’ll offer. “Only one problem; we own all the asphalt, pavers, tools, equipment, and you can’t use any of it.”
About 20 years ago the libertarians slowly started ceding control of a then-lawless internet to liberals who established rules. Conservatives didn’t do much more than send emails and watch cat videos and so they didn’t notice.
And that’s where we are now.
there are competitive services, vimo, gab, mind.com, 4chan to name a few.
If freeREpublic was smart, they would pool monies and become a big provider of services (instead of driving people away).
They would upgrade their board, provide a FB style of interface, and have a video competitor to youtube. or join forces with vimeo, and others to provide upgraded smooth transitions.
There are a ton of conservatives over on reddit waiting for the ax to drop on them. We could make a difference.