Locals Technology Inc., also referred to as locals.com, is a US creator crowdfunding site cofounded by Dave Rubin and Assaf Lev. It started in 2019 and is based in Miami.
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| Founded | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Owner | Rumble |
| URL | https://locals.com |
The site was founded after Rubin and Jordan Peterson left Patreon in response to its banning of Carl Benjamin for paraphrasing hate speech. The startup raised just over $1 million from 10 506(b) private placement investors in March 2020.[1][2] Locals announced further funding of $3.8 million on April 20, 2021 led by Craft Ventures.[3][4][5]
The site deviates from the advertising and views model adopted by traditional social media, in favor of a paywall approach.[6]
Assaf Lev is the President and CEO; Lev was previously an executive at QualiSystems. Andrew Conru is also a director.[1][2][7]
Notable creators edit
- Scott Adams[9]
- Michael Malice[10][11]
- Dave Rubin[9]
- Tulsi Gabbard[12][13]
- David Freiheit[citation needed]
- Andy Ngo[9]
- Greg Gutfeld[14][better source needed]
- Zuby[15][better source needed]
- Zubin Damania (ZDoggMD)[16][better source needed]
- Patrick Byrne (previously of Overstock.com)[17]
- Robert Barnes[18][better source needed]
- Paul Joseph Watson[19][better source needed]
- Kat Timpf
- Andrew Gruel
- Tammy Bruce
- Mark Dice
- Max Lugavere
- Yeonmi Park
- Michael Yon
- Liz Wheeler
- Dan Bongino
- Konstantin Kisin
- Jedediah Bila
- Charlie Kirk
- Alan Dershowitz
- Russell Brand
- Glenn Greenwald
- Steven Crowder[20]
- Jackson Hinkle[21]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "The AlleyWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 4/17/2020 - AlleyWatch". AlleyWatch. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ^ a b "SEC FORM D/A". sec.gov. 20 April 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ^ Wall Post Team. "Big Tech Social Media Competition Intensifies With Big Boost For Dave Rubin's 'Locals' Platform". US Wall Post. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "Locals.Com Raises Seed Round Empowering Independent Creators Via Its Subscription-Based Community Platform". locals.com. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "SEC FORM D". sec.gov. 29 March 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "Dave Rubin's Locals". Tablet Magazine. 2021-05-06. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
- ^ QualiSystems (24 September 2013). "QualiSystems Expands Base of Financial, Government and Telecom Customers". prnewswire.com. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ^ "Rumble acquires Locals to help build a bigger creator economy". Yahoo News. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ a b c Serota, Maggie (7 October 2020). "How is Dave Rubin's new free speech oasis doing? Not great". The Daily Dot.
- ^ "Michael Malice". Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ^ @michaelmalice (February 5, 2020). "i had asked them to refer to my section as a sleeper cell and not as a community but they refused https://malice.locals.com" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Free-speech site, touted as Facebook alternative, moving to Miami". Miami Herald.
- ^ "Tulsi Gabbard". Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ^ "Greg Gutfeld". Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ "Zuby". Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ "ZDoggMD". Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ Rosalind S. Helderman; Emma Brown; Tom Hamburger; Josh Dawsey (24 June 2021). "Inside the 'shadow reality world' promoting the lie that the presidential election was stolen". The Washington Post. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ "Viva Barnes Law". vivabarneslaw. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "Why I'm joining Locals". pauljosephwatson. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "Steven Crowder Joins Rumble Exclusives". ABC27. 8 March 2023. p. 1. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- ^ https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1543001002776768512
