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The [[Financial Times]] noted that "there is a clear demand for this sort of freedom |
The [[Financial Times]] noted that "there is a clear demand for this sort of freedom... with the potential to completely disrupt conventional media's control of its comment real estate."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2019/03/01/1551416400000/Introducing-the-shadow-comment-sector/|title=Introducing the Shadow Comment Sector|last=Kaminska|first=Izabella|date=3-1-2019|work=The Financial Times|access-date=3-1-2019}}</ref> |
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''[[The Daily Dot]]'' alleged an association with Gab's far-right and [[alt-right]] user base, and common occurrence of racial slurs, homophobic comments, and insults against journalists.<ref name="dailydot">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/gab-dissenter-alt-right-comments/|title=Meet 'Dissenter': A far-right 'comment section' for hating on journalists|date=2019-02-28|website=The Daily Dot|language=en|access-date=2019-02-28}}</ref> |
''[[The Daily Dot]]'' alleged an association with Gab's far-right and [[alt-right]] user base, and common occurrence of racial slurs, homophobic comments, and insults against journalists.<ref name="dailydot">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/gab-dissenter-alt-right-comments/|title=Meet 'Dissenter': A far-right 'comment section' for hating on journalists|date=2019-02-28|website=The Daily Dot|language=en|access-date=2019-02-28}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 16:18, 1 March 2019
 | It has been suggested that this article be merged into Gab (social network). (Discuss) Proposed since February 2019. |
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| Screenshot of Dissenter.com | |
| Original author(s) | Andrew Torba and Ekrem Büyükkaya |
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| Developer(s) | Gab |
| Initial release | February 24, 2019[1] |
| Type | Social news, social network aggregation, and discussion forum |
| Website | www |
Gab Dissenter (or simply Dissenter) is a social news aggregation and discussion service developed by the creators of Gab,[2] a social network website known for its mainly far-right user base.[3][4][5] Dissenter was created to allow commenting on any Web page in an associated third-party forum outside of the site owner's control.[2] The platform includes a website and a browser extension.[2][6]
Dissenter was developed as a response to multiple social media platforms' and online news sites' moderation practices, which involve removal of individual comments or deleting or disabling comment sections altogether.[2]
Features
Users with registered Gab accounts may submit content to Dissenter in the form of a URL to a page on which they want to comment. This creates a discussion page where users can post a comment (or "Dissent"), and the comments can be up- or down-voted by other users of the site.[2] By using the Dissenter browser extension, users may read and post comments in an overlay while viewing page content. The Dissenter website also features a news ticker on which users can follow current events.[6]
History
Dissenter was released in February 2019, describing itself as "a free, open-source utility that allows people to dissent from orthodoxy and express what they are really thinking, without fear of reprisal".[7]
Readers of Tommy Robinson began using the extension to comment on a BBC article about Robinson's ban from social media websites following the removal of Mohammed's Koran, by Robinson and Peter McLoughlin, from Amazon Books.[8][9]
Source code for the browser extension has been made available under the Apache 2.0 license.[10]
Reception
The Financial Times noted that "there is a clear demand for this sort of freedom... with the potential to completely disrupt conventional media's control of its comment real estate."[11]
The Daily Dot alleged an association with Gab's far-right and alt-right user base, and common occurrence of racial slurs, homophobic comments, and insults against journalists.[12]
References
- ^ "WHOIS". WHOIS. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
- ^ a b c d e Carson, Erin (February 27, 2019). "Gab wants to add a comments section to everything on the internet". CNET. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
- ^ Hess, Amanda (November 30, 2016). "The Far Right Has a New Digital Safe Space". The New York Times. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
- ^ Robertson, Adi (September 6, 2017). "Far-right friendly social network Gab is facing censorship controversy". Archived from the original on April 4, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Feeling Sidelined By Mainstream Social Media, Far-Right Users Jump To Gab". NPR.org. Archived from the original on November 21, 2018. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b Gilbert, David (2019-02-27). "Users of far-right social network Gab can now comment on the entire internet". Vice News. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Press release for Dissenter.com". Twitter. 2019-02-26.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Amazon stops selling Tommy Robinson's book on Islam the day after he was booted off Facebook and Instagram – but he can still broadcast on YouTube". The Sun. 2019-02-28. (also see [http://brianoflondon.me/2019/02/breaking-tommy-robinson-news-book-burning-begins/ co-author's comment)
- ^ Joe Roberts (27 Feb 2019). "Tommy Robinson fans find new way to get round Facebook and Twitter bans". Metro.
- ^ "gab-dissenter-extension". Github. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Kaminska, Izabella (3-1-2019). "Introducing the Shadow Comment Sector". The Financial Times. Retrieved 3-1-2019.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|access-date=and|date=(help) - ^ "Meet 'Dissenter': A far-right 'comment section' for hating on journalists". The Daily Dot. 2019-02-28. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
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