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alt-tech

alt-tech noun: social media and other Internet platforms with a large alt-right userbase.

Noun

alt-tech (uncountable)

  1. (Internet) Social media and other Internet platforms with a large alt-right userbase.
    • This is a book on all things alt-tech and the like. People who are shadow-banned and removed from the internet can be found with all things alt-tech. Includes a multiple page list of content creators, works as a guide and reference.2020, Scott Barry, Alt Tech, Lulu.com, →ISBN
    • Parler was sometimes ridiculed as the “boomer 4chan,” a messy-but-accessible connecting piece between mainstream right-wing Facebook and the darker fringes of the internet. But in a short time, it really did become the core of the “alt-tech” ecosystem, and its downfall has enraged many on the right...2021 January 18, Kaitlyn Tiffany, “Parler’s Rise Was Also Its Downfall”, in The Atlantic

Origin of alt-tech

Either from alt- + tech, a blend of alt-right + tech, or a blend of alt-right + Big Tech.

Questions about alt-tech

What does alt-tech mean?
Alt-tech means social media and other Internet platforms with a large alt-right userbase.
What part of speech is alt-tech?
Alt-tech is a noun.

Words near alt-tech in the dictionary

  1. alt-rockers
  2. alt-tab
  3. Alt-Tabbed
  4. Alt-Tabbing
  5. Alt-Tabs
  6. alt-tech
  7. alt-weeklies
  8. alt-weekly
  9. alt.
  10. alt.1der
  11. alt.1ders

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