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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by mxcrossb on Saturday January 09, 2021 @10:40PM (#25709385)
There are a lot of rumors right now that the president will spin up his own media service after leaving office. He even hinted at that in his last tweets. Parler recent troubles is maybe opening up a space for him. But I’m curious what steps they will take to avoid this situation. I suspect it will be heavily moderated...
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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by TT3351 on Saturday January 09, 2021 @11:10PM (#25709817)
He can't afford that financially
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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by x86_64Ubuntu on Saturday January 09, 2021 @11:16PM (#25709884)
Well, Trump might not. But it would be an EXCELLENT grifting opportunity. He personally pulled in hundreds of millions of dollars with "Stop The Steal" donations. No way he can't pull the same thing out of office and make money of off people.
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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by throwaway9980 on Saturday January 09, 2021 @10:55PM (#25709617)
Interesting. I wonder if software has already been developed and is just waiting for launch. Just imagine him doing a daily livestream on his own social platform. Ugh.

It’s also rumored that he’s fleeing to Scotland ahead of the inauguration. He could be planning to operate an opposition platform from the relative safety of a foreign location.

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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by pm90 on Saturday January 09, 2021 @11:07PM (#25709776)
I find it hard to imagine that anyone, let alone Tr*p and his coterie, can just spin up an engaging social media platform in short order, especially if they can’t be hosted on well known cloud infrastructure.

Additionally even if he does somehow succeed, it seems unlikely that this platform would get any kind of traction beyon his most fervent supporters. Twitter, Facebook and YouTube are great because people are on the platform for other reasons. Not so much for a dedicated site.

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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by ojbyrne on Saturday January 09, 2021 @11:22PM (#25709959)
Scotland says he can’t: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/05/world/europe/trump-scotla...
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