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Re:Gab is now the 647th most popular website in the US, expl... by runawaybottle on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @01:38AM (#25758952)
A North American exodus of a political subset off these tech platforms is irrelevant in 2020 because all of the companies reached global scale. Maybe back in 2005 this would have mattered, but it is totally not enough today.
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Re:Gab is now the 647th most popular website in the US, expl... by bobthepanda on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @03:04AM (#25759446)
IIRC most ad revenue from social media is the US by far. It would be a very big wallop.
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Re:Gab is now the 647th most popular website in the US, expl... by evgen on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @10:03AM (#25762787)
Do you really think Gab or Parler is going to have any ad revenue? When marketing teams are (rightly) concerned about appearing on Hannity or Rachel Maddows you think they are going to dedicate any spend to these sites? Maybe gold scams and prepper packs, but there will be no loss in ad revenue by the major players to any of these minor right-wing sites.
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Re:Gab is now the 647th most popular website in the US, expl... by bobthepanda on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @01:05PM (#25765733)
Even if Gab or Parler don't take revenue, the users who leave Facebook and Twitter will still no longer be advertised to on those platforms, so that's still a revenue drop for the incumbents.
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