I wanted to address a concern I saw that 
"I had signed up for Gab.ai some months ago to respond to some dissident. But the site sucks so much that I never bothered to go back there or even remember the name until you reminded me."
Yes, the UI is still pretty bad, but that can be fixed, eventually. What is important to note about Gab.ai is that user donations/ premium subscriptions are running around $40k per month, to the point they are almost profitable.
They have no advertising.
Additionally, they have almost $5.5 million in pledged investments from users for their 2nd round of investment OPO/ STO on StartEngine.
https://www.startengine.com/gab-select
All this with a pretty poorly designed site, but a dedicated and commited userbase. Imagine the potential. Maybe it is worth taking another look.