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Re:Donald Trump Jr suspended from tweeting after Covid post by ALittleLight on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @01:21PM (#23978241)
I've been surprised that Trump has been so toothless in the contest against Twitter. I thought for sure things like this, or when they apply the different labels or restrictions to his tweets, would've set him off and made him do something against Twitter.
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Re:Donald Trump Jr suspended from tweeting after Covid post by awillen on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @01:30PM (#23978367)
The problem is he needs Twitter as much as Twitter needs him. Lots of people have talked about getting his base over to some other app that will allow him to say whatever, but it just hasn't worked.
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Re:Donald Trump Jr suspended from tweeting after Covid post by wisemanwillhear on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @02:57PM (#23979399)
Curious, has the President really tried that hard? I can't imagine that he would fail if he made a clean break from Twitter when switching. Love him or hate him, he in a position to command endless press through whichever platform he chooses.
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Re:Donald Trump Jr suspended from tweeting after Covid post by ralfd on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @03:40PM (#23979809)
Interesting business case. I think yes, he single handed Ky could jump start a new social network. Millions of people would follow him just to argue about his posts.
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Re:Donald Trump Jr suspended from tweeting after Covid post by awillen on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @02:04PM (#23989736)
He could definitely pull several million people onto a new service immediately, but it would just be his most hardcore followers I would think.
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