Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private
by partiallypro on Thursday April 14, 2022 @02:32PM
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Journalists thrived when Trump was still on Twitter. It was nightly news and they all RTed him constantly.
Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private
by jollybean on Thursday April 14, 2022 @09:04PM
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The media benefited from Trump in that audiences were bigger, but they don't like him.
They won't validate a new project by their presence if he is involved.
People avoid Trump's 'truth' platform because they don't want it to have a critical mass of legitimacy.
If 50% of people, and 75% of public voices who despise Trump stay off the platform, it cannot develop a critical mass.
Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private
by partiallypro on Thursday April 14, 2022 @09:34PM
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Trump himself has never even used the Truth platform. I never said the media "likes" Trump, but they profited from him greatly, he's actually great for business (and arguably great for Democrats.) If Trump were allowed back on Twitter, journalists would decry it for a while and then embrace their renewed social interaction numbers. Outrage is a big seller and when everyone is pissed about something it generates a lot of revenue/clicks/interactions for these media organizations.
It's a toy gun pointed at their head.
He could maybe maybe start a competitor, but I doubt it would work.
1) He doesn't have the energy for another serious project 2) It would end up being something else, which frankly might be welcome, but it won't replace twitter.
Journalists etc. around the world are not going to flock to a 'free speech' platform with little moderation.
They 10x will not do it if Trump is on it, and gaining traction, for example.