other cities are doing the same thing to date the best thing its done for us is it put us on the mapfor all the optimism many boosters are aware there are limits to how far the gig can take the city particularly as it waits for the rest of the country to catch upwe dont need to be the next silicon valley mayor andy berke said thats not who were going to be and we shouldnt try to be that but we are making our own place in the innovation economy have demonstrated your ability to effectively moderate and filter the dangerous and harmful content on your servicein an interview jeffrey wernick parlers chief operating officer blamed a cancel culture at the tech companies for his companys dimming prospects he said he would advise other platforms not to try to compete on apples app store because if you raise money and get investors and end up like parler whats the point he said