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Re:Ask HN: What are decentralized Twitter alternatives? by app4soft on Friday January 08, 2021 @11:17PM (#25696862)
So, `@realDonaldTrump` was suspended at least from Mastodon.social.

How many instances left?

How many also suspended `@realDonaldTrump`?

Re:Ask HN: What are decentralized Twitter alternatives? by viraptor on Friday January 08, 2021 @11:38PM (#25697079)
He can afford his own instance which will never block him. Let's not pretend he's being stopped from running an independent social broadcast.

It doesn't matter how many instances block him - nobody can be forced to listen to him.

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Re:Ask HN: What are decentralized Twitter alternatives? by viraptor on Saturday January 09, 2021 @12:12AM (#25697388)
Not sure what you're trying to say, but it sounds like a bad take. Pick any/all reasons:

- Trump family also using private email server for gov communication

- Implying that a random Mastodon instance on the internet would be more trusted than his own

- Implying that it matters at all for posting public messages or is similar in any way to private messages

Re:Ask HN: What are decentralized Twitter alternatives? by zoobab on Friday January 08, 2021 @11:21PM (#25696914)
"@realDonaldTrump" will spawn his own blockchain based social network.
Re:Ask HN: What are decentralized Twitter alternatives? by app4soft on Friday January 08, 2021 @11:26PM (#25696970)
He is special, of course.