Gab was started back in 2016 when fb, twitte and utube were revving up the early phases of their banning and censoring programs. Gab is user-funded but no online payment provider will support them so you have to donate by check or bitcoin. They were de-platformed too, so they have had to set up their own private servers. Anyone can join, you need only an email address no phone number. Founder A.Torba proclaims "Jesus is King!" in his posts.