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To: jimwatx

[And actually he’s probably correct, truth social is likely to become an echo chamber of Trump admirers, with little appeal to anyone else.]


You underestimate the urge of ideological people, left or right, to engage in online single combat. If Free Republic or Democratic Underground weren’t heavily moderated, both would become free-for-alls. If Truth isn’t heavily censored, I expect it to become very popular with liberals, for the same reason Twitter was popular with conservatives until the doors slammed shut on heterodoxy (i.e. anything that deviated significantly from the left’s worldview) - it’s a way to engage in pub chatter with the other side without pulling your punches. It’s when posts are deleted that people stop giving their 2 cents.

To the extent Truth is a free-for-all the way Twitter used to be, it has the potential to become even bigger than Twitter. That’s why Musk is trying to lure the Donald back. He’s actually looking to prevent Truth from ever taking off so as to safeguard the value of the tens of billions he’s putting into Twitter.


10 posted on 05/14/2022 2:01:16 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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To: Zhang Fei

Well I guess we will find out. But personally I’m not buying any stock in it.


16 posted on 05/14/2022 2:11:25 PM PDT by jimwatx
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To: Zhang Fei

Truth will not be bigger than Twitter. A good chunk of the country would rather eat dirt than put money in President Trump’s pocket by joining and helping promote his site. They would go back to Twitter however even if Trump returned. Twitter has so much more content than politics.


20 posted on 05/14/2022 2:14:57 PM PDT by XRdsRev (Justice for Bernell Trammell, Trump supporter, murdered in 2020)
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To: Zhang Fei

“ To the extent Truth is a free-for-all the way Twitter used to be, it has the potential to become even bigger than Twitter”

Ridiculous. It’s a joke.


40 posted on 05/14/2022 2:49:53 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Love's redeeming work is done)
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