Posted on 05/14/2022 1:44:47 PM PDT by libh8er
Elon's response :
"Whoever thought owning the libs would be cheap never tried to acquire a social media company!"
What Trump said yesterday :
"Only a stupid person would buy Twitter for that price, and Elon is not a stupid person. Besides, how can the deal go through when he may have illegally bought his shares? Would be very unfair to all of those shareholders, past, present, and future, who got “screwed.” I appreciate the offer, but I will never go back to Twitter. I love TRUTH!"
Why would Trump and Musk now be enemies? I doubt Musk is offended. Although I bet he hopes Trump comes back as he was a powerhouse for getting people on Twitter. I tend to agree Truth will never succeed except as an echo chamber as anyone who doesn’t like Trump (no small number) will refuse to join.
Personally I don’t think Truth Social is going to last, sad to say.
Interesting. Hadn’t seen that. So there is a back and forth going on between Elon and Trump. Wonder what started it.
Please stop it Mr Trump.
Yes, Trump was unnecessarily nasty.
But Trump knows that if Musk reforms Twitter, then Truth Social will be a failure....heck it was probably going to be a failure anyway since it is more of Trump's ego than a reasonable business proposition.
I think after the initial curiosity, it will just wallow in mediocrity, the only ones who remain will be the most fervent Trump supporters. I never registered for Twitter in the past, but once Musk takes over I intend to. It’s a more diverse forum that isn’t just limited to politics, there’s a wide range of subjects. And quite frankly I suspect there will be more censorship on Truth Social than people realize, further limiting its appeal.
I agree.
I’m Beta testing the Truth web app now
So far so good
Public launch in 2 weeks
Not enemies. Strategy.
I have lived my life WITHOUT twitter.
I have lived most of my recent life without Facebook.
I belong to both, but I only use them, to use them.
My benefit, not theirs. I don’t get sucked into using the services just because I went there to watch ONE video or read an article or a couple of tweets I’m interested in.
Then, bye bye.
Big Mouth, no payoff.
Well, I have been thinking about Free Republic and the evolution over 20 years.
I wonder if it evolved into Twitter? In many respects they are very similar in that both allow discussion on many topics ad sometimes one topic gest captured and becomes a source for those who have become friends over periods of years. Also, there are threads that allow discussion on a specific topis of interest to many that are in actuality a PING group.
Free Republic is monitored ab Administrators that reject posts deemed not in according to the publishers rules.
I do not have a Twitter account and wonder what are the primary technical differences?
Jim Robinson and Elon Musk are two of America’s finest
They both love to Troll. Not sure if someone feeds Elon lines..but Elon is a better Troller.
It may be a New York thing...Trump tends to be nasty. Elon uses another way to troll.
Wow! the blood thirsty Ukrainian war lords are joining together to trash Trump. I never thought you freaks had a lick of intelligence between you. But now I know my initial suspicions that you are media driven morons is more then confirmed. You have zero credibility, and nothing to say worth even reading.
I’m waiting for Trump to start trash talking Tesla next lol.
Failed again
Knee pads slip?
This seems to be Jim’s shadow account.
[Twitter has so much more content than politics.]
“ 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.
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