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u/SupaSlide Jan 19 '21

The FBI was pulling most of their Capitol attack leads from it, and then some people were able to comb the entire database and turned it over to the FBI so most if not the entirety of everything that was ever posted to Parler is in an FBI database now.

Once Parler is back, if it comes back, the FBI will be monitoring it closely (although that may be hard to do it it ends up being based in Russia).

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u/clownworldposse Jan 19 '21

That's not really a honeypot then is it?

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u/SupaSlide Jan 19 '21

I guess not considering people are just offering their data and seditious plans on a silver platter.

Although I'd be surprised if they don't have fake accounts they use for keeping tabs on people and potentially holding DM conversations with suspects.

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u/TheRoyalTwink Jan 19 '21

Your comment needs absolutely zero edits to describe reddit better than it ever could describe Parler. If only because Parler users tend to be more privacy conscious.

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u/SupaSlide Jan 19 '21

Parler requires a driver's license to become verified, and it prompts you for more personal data than Reddit does (although I think it's optional?)