Building it is easy. Getting people to subscribe to it (creating an account, downloading an app, etc) is really, really, really hard. So is getting them to check it often enough to not forget about it.
Social networks are natural monopolies. You go where your friends already are. Once there, you tend to stay there, rather than going through the whole process again on some other site.
In this case he appears to have half-assed it. It's not impossible that his following was devoted enough to jump through those hoops. He'd have needed a catchy app and a constant stream of content to make it engaging. Maybe a whole Twitter clone ecosystem might have done it, but that comes with a ton of headaches. (Even the free-est speech platform doesn't like being overrun with spammers, for example.)
Instead, he seems to have counted on his notoriety to do all of the work, and that was surely not going to cut it.
This is a clear sign. If you get thousands of responses on Twitter, and no interest whatsoever on your personal platform, your only value to those who used to engage is the spectacle you created in that other environment. Nobody cared about what Trump was saying - they only cared about the excitement in the responses.
Twenty year old blog technology with no social aspect (and fake upvote buttons) is hardly spectacular. It's not the game changer he promised.
I kept hearing about this blog he started, but had absolutely no idea where it lived. I think I once tried to Google it, but the results were all news articles about the blog and I didn’t care to try to look any further.
Trump realizing what the rest of the blogosphere figured out a decade ago. The audience has been surrendered to Twitter and FB, and they aren't coming back.
I absolutely detest Trump and fully supported his removal from any and all platforms run by private companies much earlier than it happened, HOWEVER this is yet another indicator that our world runs through monopolies.
They're holding back everything, including shareholders. Break. Them. Up.
>HOWEVER this is yet another indicator that our world runs through monopolies.
It indicates nothing of the sort. His site was on the public web, freely accessible to anyone with a browser. It was being shared on social media. There were no "monopolies" holding him back, rather, he's no longer politically relevant, so his garbage content isn't worth covering, and his base has all but lost interest in him.
CurtHagenlocher|4 years ago
tinus_hn|4 years ago
jfengel|4 years ago
Social networks are natural monopolies. You go where your friends already are. Once there, you tend to stay there, rather than going through the whole process again on some other site.
In this case he appears to have half-assed it. It's not impossible that his following was devoted enough to jump through those hoops. He'd have needed a catchy app and a constant stream of content to make it engaging. Maybe a whole Twitter clone ecosystem might have done it, but that comes with a ton of headaches. (Even the free-est speech platform doesn't like being overrun with spammers, for example.)
Instead, he seems to have counted on his notoriety to do all of the work, and that was surely not going to cut it.
youeseh|4 years ago
Twitter allowed him to reach reporters who read, spread, and amplified whatever he tweeted.
a3n|4 years ago
I suppose Mike Lindell can help with that. He has recent relevant experience.
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ksaj|4 years ago
Twenty year old blog technology with no social aspect (and fake upvote buttons) is hardly spectacular. It's not the game changer he promised.
the_only_law|4 years ago
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readonthegoapp|4 years ago
They can, but they're just not interested
I'd guess same is true of fans of every politician
Just moreso with trump
The medium is the message
You can't reproduce the hatred and clown show asthetic with long blobs of text
You need tv
Twitter
Anything inherently devoid of the possibility of meaningful conversation, thinking, thoughtfulness, etc.
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duskwuff|4 years ago
Trump's blog was styled like Twitter, complete with a "like" icon on each post. The button was broken; clicking it didn't do anything.
https://twitter.com/errorsgalore/status/1389741353144365056
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DrBenCarson|4 years ago
They're holding back everything, including shareholders. Break. Them. Up.
krapp|4 years ago
It indicates nothing of the sort. His site was on the public web, freely accessible to anyone with a browser. It was being shared on social media. There were no "monopolies" holding him back, rather, he's no longer politically relevant, so his garbage content isn't worth covering, and his base has all but lost interest in him.
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