[yellowapple]

4chan, Stormfront, Gab, and plenty of other sites are alive and well, so I don't even buy the "what if datacenters and ISPs ban us?" argument.

[minsc__and__boo]

I think the difference is that the Parler CEO touted their unique (i.e. lack of) moderation as a feature of their website.

The sites you listed are notorious bad actors but they at least have a degree of moderation.