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Re:“realdonaldtrump’s account was inadvertently deactivated ... by wmil on Thursday November 02, 2017 @08:46PM (#15615806)
Twitter probably wouldn't survive banning Trump. They're already losing users in the US.

Trump switching to a different platform would instantly give the new platform millions of active users. A new competitor like that would make TWTR crash on the market.

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Re:“realdonaldtrump’s account was inadvertently deactivated ... by ronald_raygun on Thursday November 02, 2017 @08:54PM (#15615858)
He provides a ton of value for them. Some estimates put his value to twitter in the billions

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-17/what-is-t...

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Re:“realdonaldtrump’s account was inadvertently deactivated ... by orf on Thursday November 02, 2017 @08:55PM (#15615863)
Not so sure it would give them millions of active users. Tens of thousands maybe, and a lot of bots.

It's funny to see how the Donald trump subreddit (who claim to have 6 million members), after sticking a link to a petition can only gather a couple of thousand votes. What makes you think millions of people will flood to Trumps soapbox?

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Re:“realdonaldtrump’s account was inadvertently deactivated ... by hossbeast on Thursday November 02, 2017 @08:51PM (#15615836)
Please let it be Mastodon
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