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highplainsdem

(58,440 posts)
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 11:00 PM Jan 2021

Parler CEO confirms platform could be offline up to a week after AWS kicks them off tomorrow

From CNN tech reporter:










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Parler CEO confirms platform could be offline up to a week after AWS kicks them off tomorrow (Original Post) highplainsdem Jan 2021 OP
Sad! Blue Owl Jan 2021 #1
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA servermsh Jan 2021 #2
do they still get free shipping? nt msongs Jan 2021 #3
Yes, but it will still dweller Jan 2021 #4
"We were too successful too fast." Nope. Make that "too crazy too long." highplainsdem Jan 2021 #5
Wish it were two weeks soothsayer Jan 2021 #6
It'll take more than a week to build a site turtleblossom Jan 2021 #13
Where will Little Marco spout his bible verses?... madinmaryland Jan 2021 #7
'Read Less' C_U_L8R Jan 2021 #8
That's ok. Archetypist Jan 2021 #9
Build from scratch...ha ha ha! That's what they get for messing with 'big tech' turtleblossom Jan 2021 #10
LOL... and in one week! (n/t) SMC22307 Jan 2021 #12
Surprised Putin hasn't offered to host it central scrutinizer Jan 2021 #11
It will be far longer to find a hosting company willing to take on the liability. roamer65 Jan 2021 #14
"Look, all Parler has to do is get a datacenter, lay down miles of fiber, set up peering, buy a ton highplainsdem Jan 2021 #15
Bare metal.products JustAnotherGen Jan 2021 #16

servermsh

(1,406 posts)
2. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 11:02 PM
Jan 2021

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

HA!

turtleblossom

(504 posts)
13. It'll take more than a week to build a site
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 11:16 PM
Jan 2021

They have to rebuild their infrastructure, if they're fortunately enough to find a host.

madinmaryland

(65,592 posts)
7. Where will Little Marco spout his bible verses?...
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 11:08 PM
Jan 2021

Storm Front or FreeRepublic? Maybe Alex Jones site?

Archetypist

(218 posts)
9. That's ok.
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 11:10 PM
Jan 2021

Wherever they host it next, people will contact that host and get them to understand it is bad business hosting an app that is used to organize insurrection.

roamer65

(37,801 posts)
14. It will be far longer to find a hosting company willing to take on the liability.
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 11:24 PM
Jan 2021

Wouldn’t surprise me if the company ends up being in Russia.

highplainsdem

(58,440 posts)
15. "Look, all Parler has to do is get a datacenter, lay down miles of fiber, set up peering, buy a ton
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 11:38 PM
Jan 2021

of servers, build an IaaS stack, add a PaaS layer, port their app, and they are up and online.

Easy."



JustAnotherGen

(37,148 posts)
16. Bare metal.products
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 11:44 PM
Jan 2021

Nonsense - they did not build bare bones. He's lying.

They have no racks. AWS offers a turnkey solution. He's full of bologna.

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