This is a short tutorial for you Gab users, on how to use the Dissent feature based on my usage... As of this day, the Dissenter Browser is obviously outdated, so I switched to Brave Browser.
So far there are three methods to "Dissent":
- Using the Dissenter extension (both Firefox / Chrome based browsers)
Steps:
a] Download the latest release of the extension in Github: enter text
a.1] for Chrome-based browsers, download the dissenter_chrome.zip file. a.2] for Firefox-based browsers, download the xpi file (dissenter_extension-0.1.10-fx.xpi).
b] Manually install the extension to the "Extensions" or "Addons" under browser settings
b.1] for Chrome-based browsers, (1) extract first the zip folder to a new folder; (2) Settings > Extensions > enable Developer mode; (3) click "Load unpacked" then select the folder of the extracted dissenter extension. (4) click "Details", then enable "Allow access to file URLs", and [optional] "Allow in private" if you want to Dissent in private/incognito mode.
b.2] for Firefox-based browsers, (1) open Settings > Addons, then drag xpi file to the Addons list.
- (for Chrome/Chromium Edge you may encounter "Developer Mode Extension Warning" popup, you should download and install this patch enter text so far I don't encounter such warning on Brave browser.)*
c] Go to any webpage, then click Dissenter Extension icon > a menu will appear (wait for a few seconds)
d] Login your Gab account, and you can Comment + Share to Gab for that specific URL)
- Using Harambe's Toolkit extension (Chrome-based only)
Steps:
a] Install this extension: enter text
b] Go to any webpage, then click Harabe's Toolkit icon > Dissent this (a new tab will appear: a dedicated Dissent page for that specific URL)
c] Login your Gab account, and you can Comment + Share to Gab)
- Manually enter the webpage URL you want to "dissent" (works in any browser)
a] Go to any webpage, copy URL
b] Open new tab/window, enter this format in the address bar: https://dissenter.com/discussion/begin?url=[copied URL of the webpage you want to dissent]
c] Login your Gab account, and you can Comment + Share to Gab for that specific URL)
Personally as of now I prefer method 3 due to overwhelming traffic still going on Gab. Hope this helps and happy dissenting!
Weren't they shut down years ago?
I suppose they havent updated yet, 2019 was their latest release of the browser and extensions. Managed to get the extensions work, and logging via dissent.com using Gab account still works.
Good to know. Although I strongly recommend creating a throwaway account for this. It's an obvious target for a honeypot.