PerfectMischief

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Thanks again, Sandstein! I saw your response on the Parler page. Rather than clutter that Talk page further, I will respond here.

I appreciate your response. I am disappointed that you are declining to make the article objective and factual based on readily available information. I did forget that I referenced the Parler 'About' page for their stated goals, etc, so that was my bad. It was not done as an attempt to hide any association. I have no association with Parler beyond the normal user association. I assume the disclosure rules are the same for everyone and disclosure of user association is not a requirement, or the existing article would have a disclosure about the author being a user of Parler competitors (unless they happen to be the only person on the planet without a Twitter account).

You were correct about the reference to 'Independents' using the service. My only source for that reference is myself, and my knowledge of several other independents who use Parler on occasion. That word wasn't in the article and I should have left it out. :)

I think before I do any more editing here, I will use some of those helpful resources you provided and learn my way around a little better. I appreciate the welcome and the polite exchange and assistance. PerfectMischief (talk) 20:12, 31 May 2019 (UTC)PerfectMischief

• • I re-read the above and realized that I need to be very direct in response to part of your post. I am not, do not, have never been and will not ever be employed by, represent, volunteer for or otherwise have any exceptional amount of influence over (or any desire to do any of the previous) with Parler. I'm not sure if that was the intended implication of your post, but that's what it sounded like you were suggesting. I am also equally disgusted by both major political parties, so no conflict of interest there either. And I don't work for any media outlet of any type! I hope that covers everything. :) Basically, I was bored. I saw the article mentioned. I agreed that it is written with an obvious negative bias, and I wanted to help bring some objectivity to it. It's that simple. PerfectMischief (talk) 20:23, 31 May 2019 (UTC)PerfectMischief