据美国科技网站the Verge最新报道，极右翼社交媒体网站Parler的母公司Parlement科技公司在解雇了大部分员工后，目前只剩下一个骨干团队。
Parler是保守派社交媒体的一个短暂堡垒，几个月来已经被削弱，它可能没有什么未来。据the Verge报道，Parlement从去年11月开始裁员，一直裁员到12月底，裁员人数占总员工的75%。裁员影响了负责技术、运营、营销等方面的高管，截至目前，Parlement和Parler只剩下20名员工。
Gizmodo周三联系了Parler，希望他对the Verge的报道发表评论，但没有得到回复。
与此同时，在Parler公司本身，该公司似乎生活在一个宏伟的另类现实中。在周二的#OnThisDay帖子中，该公司庆祝了它所谓的回归荣耀。此前，该公司因在2021年1月6日国会大厦起义中扮演的角色而被赶出互联网。
“两年前的今天，Parler被Amazon网络服务去平台化了。前一天，《Parler》在IOS商店中排名第一，Google和Apple紧随其后，将其从应用商店中移除。两年后，在我们自己的云服务器上，在Google和Apple Play商店上，#Parler已经重建，比以往任何时候都更好。”
考虑到Parler和Parlement的首席执行官George Farmer已经有近一个月没有在社交媒体平台上发帖了——这与他在Twitter上的同行Elon Musk和在Truth social上的Donald Trump形成了鲜明对比——很难说Parler“比以往任何时候都好”。
去年，这个平台暂时回到了主流。当时，现在合法名称为Ye的艺人Kanye West宣布有意收购Parler，此前他因为发表反犹言论而被Instagram和Twitter限制。然而，叶诚一向以夸夸其谈而不付诸实践而臭名昭著，几周后，他改变了收购的主意，并退出了。
“为了回应众多媒体的询问，Parlement Technologies愿意确认，该公司已与Ye达成一致，终止出售Parler的意图，”Parler在谈到去年12月失败的交易时表示，当时正是该公司裁员的时候。
从the Verge的报告来看，Parlement似乎一直在艰难地寻找未来的增长机会。不过，事后看来，这家公司的困境确实解释了为什么我收到了那么多关于Melania Trump圣诞装饰品系列的Parler电子邮件。
原文：
Parlement Technologies, the parent company of the far-right social media site Parler, is working with a skeleton crew after laying off most of its employees, according to a new report by the Verge.
Parler, a brief bastion of conservative social media.
Parler, a brief bastion of conservative social media, has been whittled away for months now, and it may not have much of a future. As reported by the Verge, Parlement began laying off people in November into the end December, when it let go of 75% of its total staff. The layoffs affected c-suite executives in charge of technology, operations, marketing, and more, leaving only 20 workers at Parlement and Parler as of today.
Gizmodo reached out to Parler on Wednesday to ask for comment on the Verge’s report but did not hear back.
Meanwhile, over on Parler itself, the company seemed to be living in a grandiose alternate reality.
Meanwhile, over on Parler itself, the company seemed to be living in a grandiose alternate reality. In an #OnThisDay post on Tuesday, the company celebrated its supposed return to glory after being kicked off the internet for its role in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol in 2021.
“#OnThisDay two years ago, Parler was de-platformed by Amazon Web Services. After being #1 in the IOS store the day before. Google and Apple followed and removed the Parler app from their app stores,” the company wrote from @Parler. “Two years later, on our own cloud servers and back on the Apple and Google Play stores, #Parler has been rebuilt and better than ever.”
Considering that George Farmer, CEO of Parler and Parlement. That hasn’t posted on the social media platform in nearly month. In stark contrast to his counterparts Elon Musk on Twitter and Donald Trump on Truth Social. It’s hard to argue that Parler is “better than ever.”
The platform momentarily returned to the mainstream last year.
The platform momentarily returned to the mainstream last year when Kanye West. The artist now legally known as Ye, announced his intention to buy Parler . After he was restricted from Instagram and Twitter for antisemitic comments. Ye, however, notorious for making grand statements and not following through with them, changed his mind about the purchase weeks later and backed out.
“In response to numerous media inquiries, Parlement Technologies would like to confirm that the company has mutually agreed with Ye to terminate the intent of sale of Parler,” Parler said about the failed deal this past December, around the time of its layoffs.
Judging by the Verge’s report, it seems that Parlement has had a tough time looking for future opportunities for growth. In hindsight, though, the company’s struggles do explain why I was spammed with so many Parler emails about Melania Trump’s Christmas ornament collection.
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