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Biased in the worst way.
I downloaded this app to see what it was all about. I am visually impaired and use screen reading technology on the iPhone to use applications. I normally reach out to developers before I publish reviews on issues, but there is no way to reach out to them so I am forced to do it this way. The sign-up process is definitely biased. Not sure what the whole what is your favorite color thing is, but this is definitely exclusive to people who can see and there should be an option to skip. Moving on from that you can enter your information and sign up correctly using voiceover. The problem comes after that when they make you enter a capture. There is no audio option, this is not 2005. We have technology is in place to assistance who cannot see the capture codes. Google‘s recapture has audio options, and sodas pretty much every other capture service in the world. Not sure what this is about but there is no way to contact support and I am forced to give this application to stars. One star for potential and that’s about it. This definitely needs to be more inclusive for everyone and not be so ablest.Show lessBilly1234567890-
Not For Blind Users!
If you are blind or low vision, and you use “VoiceOver” to interact with iOS thenn you are out of luck. The first issue is that you cannot even get past the installation/setup screens because they use a captcha that is inaccessible to voice over. Second, much of the app is buttons with labels such as “Button” that means nothing to a blind user. Navigation is clunky when even attempting the voice over swipe gestures for navigation and quickly scanning posts is virtually impossible as it requires multiple swipe gestures just to jump from post to post. I have recently left all other social media and am excited to be part of Parler, but am very disappointed at the lack of care in making this app accessible by simply utilizing the accessiblility features of iOS. Please make this app accessible so I can give it a 5 star... I want to plant my flag here as soon as the app is usable for those of us who are blind and visually imparredShow lessou812app
Had to delete account
Downloaded app and signed up. Started trying to look up people I know and tried to follow certain celebrity radio hosts and couldn’t get it to follow them. I thought maybe the app screwed up when it down loaded, so I deleted my account, deleted the app and then re-downloaded the app and when I try to set my account up it says this is an existing email and phone number and the app will not let me get past that screen. I’ve looked everywhere to try to get ahold of the developer to see if there is something that can be done so that I can get back in the app, but there is no way that I’ve found to email them other than writing a review. I hope this falls into someone’s lap and they try to reach out to me to help me get back into the app. I would love to leave the other social media apps!!! Let me know DEVS!
P.S. I will change my rating as soon as I can get back into the app and see if it is working!Show lessSfutch1977
Clunky but hope it gets better
Given that all reviews are either 5 stars or 1 star, this might be the first non politically driven review. I hope the app gets better because there should be an alternate to the social media monopoly. Unfortunately this app is clunky and error ridden. Whatever technology was used, it’s the wrong one. It performs like a quirky hybrid mobile app. It also has errors that never should have made it through QA, such as an error pop up every time I follow someone, saying I can’t follow them, only to find out I have followed them. Also gives persistent “your network connection is slow or our servers are down” error. Need to get this right before you lose your audience. Users rarely give a second chance to mobile apps with a poor user experience.Show lessThe15car
Had a Hard Time Registering...
The immediate battle is that the registration UI needs some heavy work. It’s not very adaptive to devices or mobile friendly. Got stuck up on the captcha page a couple times. Registration pops up a dialog box instead of opening a separated registration page. Dialog box doesn’t show everything and doesn’t interact well with the on screen keyboard.
First things first after getting registered and looted on, this app is obviously biased, just not in the way of censoring (as far as I know). They immediately suggest conservative pages to follow. They also automatically make a post for you saying you’re new to the platform, then almost instantaneously in an automated fashion get conservative pages in the comments asking for a follow.
As a Libertarian, I’m not sure this is the place for me. I’m not a big guy on Twitter, and this is definitely not a FaceBook replacement. Reminds me a LOT of Twitter.
I’m in web dev, and the first thing that stands out is the red Theme. This is bad. Red is not a relaxing happy thoughts inducing color. It tends to induce anger and tension. From experience with iFunny, the way everyone talked and responded to each other changed from a defensive angry energy to a cool vibing energy when they changed their red “reply” button to blue. It’s the little subliminal things that make the difference.Show lessCyberArty
Amazing app!!!
The two Goliath social media apps have censored my ability to interact or post any information or opinion and getting on Parler knowing I won’t be censored for sharing is awesome. I’ve started transferring over and finding people I follow from the other platforms into Parler. It’s easy to navigate there are Parler tutorials anyone can find to help beginners. I love the ease of sharing without being censored or blocked or put in social media jail like communist countries do to their citizens. Parler is liberty, Parler is Freedom and Parler is the ability to have information flow smoothly. Parler is growing at an accelerated rate and I can’t wait for more features to be added. Freedom of thought and the sharing of findings is what America is all about. I’m a Parler Patriot for life.Show lessybronpaul
Unable to access account no support help
I signed up with my work email in error. Once I realized what I had done, I deleted my account. I have attempted to sign up using my personal email but since a phone number is needed for text verification, I can’t create an account. Every time it tells me my phone number is already in use. If I try to use my phone number to login to my “deleted” account, that my phone number is attached to, it tells me my account has been deleted. So basically I can’t sign in or sign up. I can’t speak to how the app works or whether or not it is any good seeing as how I can’t even login or sign up. I have reached out to support many times without any help other than generic auto responses. My rating of one star is for the lack of support from Parler to have my account issue resolved. I guess I will be looking for a different social media platform.Show lessPlantsRus
This app excludes iPhone users who are blind
When signing up for an account on this application, the final screen asks you to enter a captcha. I use an iPhone and the built-in screen reader, voiceover, to access applications. I could not find a way to receive an audio version of the thing that I was supposed to enter. As a result, I could not complete my account sign up, which is why I am giving this app zero stars. There are other accessibility issues with the sign-up process as well. The first screen asks me my favorite color, but there is no way for me to know what colors are being displayed.
although one hears the word “check “when selecting the checkboxes associated with documents one must agree to, this only happens when you tap the button. The button itself is unlabelled. The documents you can click on in order to read them do not appear as links that you can click. You can double tap them, and they open, but it is not obvious that the items can be selected from the viewpoint of a blind user.Show lessVoiceOver user
Great concept, however, REQUIRES you to give your cell number
Giving your cell phone number in combination with other information is a huge risk to possible fraud. It really defeats the whole claimed purpose and mission statement of the app itself. If this company is sold down the road, the acquiring company can change the current privacy disclosures policy and sell your information (except perhaps for California residents protected by the California Privacy Protection Act). Also, there is no guarantee that this companies databases won’t get hacked. I’m sure somewhere deep within the small print of the privacy policy you sign there is a “hold-harmless” clause protecting this company when there’s a data breach. There is absolutely no reason this company can’t make disclosing your cell an option despite what they say. If they ever do, I’d be very glad to sign up. Otherwise, this application unfortunately won’t be a very good alternative to Twitter.Show lessTech Engineer
A good start to a bad problem
First, the good:
1. The lack of “fact checking” here is so refreshing.
2. The ability to quickly “echo” without comment is a great feature.
3. Hashtags work as they should.
4. Did I mention no fact checking?
5. did I mention there isn’t censorship?
6. Did I mention that it’s actually what Twitter should be?
I have yet to see any sort of political leaning of Parler: that is, I’ve seen both liberal and conservative and everything in between posts: nothing has been taken down. Good stuff. You can actually talk to people, and not get shut down by big tech. That’s been great.
The bad:
1. the font size and choice is peculiar. Hard on the eyes.
2. Conversations could use a much better refinement: sometimes it’s confusing to know what’s been replied to and what hasn’t. This is where Parler needs to venture further away from Twitter and possibly more like a message board or facebook type of thread visualization. It’s not horrible, but it could be better.
Overall, it’s worth trying. As has been said by others, if it sticks by its principles, it’ll be where actual conversations happen as big tech continues to censor individuals that don’t agree with their points of view on politics.Show lessstarclassics513
