Gab is now the 647th most popular website in the US, explosive 90 day growth

I wonder how far the bifurcation of the Internet will go. Gab, Parler, Voat, etc. are all just the beginning in my mind.

Website does not load for me. Stuck on:<p>Checking your browser before accessing Gab.com<p>This process is automatic. Your browser will redirect to your requested content shortly.<p>Gab is growing rapidly in a historic exodus from Big Tech, and fending off sophisticated attacks that seek to silence and censor your ability to Speak Freely. While we work to scale up there will be periods of growing pains, slowness, and even downtime. We would appreciate your patience and support during this.

<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.alexa.com&#x2F;siteinfo&#x2F;gab.com#section_traffic" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.alexa.com&#x2F;siteinfo&#x2F;gab.com#section_traffic</a> a day later it&#x27;s at #537 in the US

Oh dear ... good luck to their moderation team.<p>Be unlawful or be made in furtherance of any unlawful purpose. User Contributions must not aid, abet, assist, counsel, procure or solicit the commission of, nor constitute an attempt or part of a conspiracy to commit, any unlawful act.<p>Unlawfully threaten.<p>Incite imminent lawless action.

I&#x27;m not gonna take any sides on Gab&#x2F;Parler&#x2F;et al but I do find the events of the past few days, and will find the next few weeks, absolutely fascinating from a technology and social perspective.<p>I&#x27;m relatively young, even by internet standards (26), but I can&#x27;t think of any other mass exodus from an online site&#x2F;platform like this. Was the move from Digg to Reddit this drastic? I don&#x27;t remember Myspace going out of style this fast once FB opened up.<p>Seeing my boomer relatives flock to these obscure platforms has been really interesting. I&#x27;m also curious if there will be any sort of post mortem from any of these companies once the traffic stabilizes. My guess is probably not since from what I&#x27;ve been able to gather, all of these fringe sites tend to be run by a handful of people and not full teams of developers. Writing a post mortem may give their online opposition hints into whatever new infrastructure they cobble together and contribute to further shenanigans. It&#x27;s the same reason we didn&#x27;t seem a post mortem after Iowa 2020 or the DNC hacks in 2016 I would guess.<p>Does anyone expect a real drop in market share for the iPhone over the next 12-18 months if Parlor can&#x27;t get back on the App store?<p>Again, just fascinating stuff to watch from an outside perspective.