I think civil conversation is not a competitive sport - I visited Gab for a short time and although most folks there were nice enough, there was a conspicuous component of - how does one say? - disagreeableness (from my liberal point of view). So I left. There are lots of things to talk about in life, and they don't all have to circle back to politics within three sentences. The folks who were enthusiastic users of Gab have reaped what their extremist compatriots have sown. Good riddance.