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applegrove

(118,654 posts)
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 01:28 PM Mar 2021

Trump Will Use 'Own Platform' to Return to Social Media

Trump Will Use ‘Own Platform’ to Return to Social Media

March 21, 2021 at 1:01 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 59 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/03/21/trump-will-use-his-own-platform-to-return-to-social-media/

"SNIP......

Donald Trump will soon use “his own platform” to return to social media, months after the former president was banned from Twitter for inciting the US Capitol riot, The Guardian reports.

Adviser Jason Miller said Trump will be “returning to social media in two or three months” with “his own platform” that will “completely redefine the game” and attract “tens of millions” of users.

......SNIP"

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Trump Will Use 'Own Platform' to Return to Social Media (Original Post) applegrove Mar 2021 OP
Easier for the former guy to fleece his sheep. Plus he'll be held responsible applegrove Mar 2021 #1
Oh yeah? Well I'll start my own social media platform! With blackjack! And hookers! Initech Mar 2021 #2
LOL! applegrove Mar 2021 #3
CIA Corgigal Mar 2021 #4
+1 Twoflower Mar 2021 #30
Dreading whatever he has cooked up. n/t moonscape Mar 2021 #5
In two or three months, you say? gratuitous Mar 2021 #6
Yeah, sure. Like the healthcare plan he kept promising he'd roll out in a couple of weeks. brush Mar 2021 #7
This platform? FalloutShelter Mar 2021 #8
glabber Voltaire2 Mar 2021 #11
Did you mean Grabber? applegrove Mar 2021 #15
maybe p-humper? Voltaire2 Mar 2021 #17
What does the "p" stand for? P**** Grabber? applegrove Mar 2021 #18
pillow Voltaire2 Mar 2021 #20
Great! applegrove Mar 2021 #21
He'll be cryin to choir Fullduplexxx Mar 2021 #9
great. Put that right alongside his infrastructure and healthcare programs Voltaire2 Mar 2021 #10
In the unlikely event of this happening... 0rganism Mar 2021 #12
We'll probably have to wait for it to get started before Vegas starts allowing the prop bets (nt) Hugh_Lebowski Mar 2021 #19
One thing though... WarGamer Mar 2021 #13
Maybe something like "Free Republic." OMG, the though of it cracks me up..n/t SheilaAnn Mar 2021 #26
So which Russian oligarchs (in addition to Vlad) will reap the windfall... JHB Mar 2021 #14
Other than media reporting every stupid thing he'll say, I believe he'll be ignored by most people. sop Mar 2021 #16
FREEPER version 2.0...? bluecollar2 Mar 2021 #22
TrumPutin will use their OWN platform blm Mar 2021 #23
Is there soap box big enough? rickyhall Mar 2021 #24
got to maintain his cult of personality so he can continue to con the stupid and weak willed. Thomas Hurt Mar 2021 #25
This platform's development will be underfunded, VMA131Marine Mar 2021 #27
I'm envisioning a gold toilet on a pedestal Blue Owl Mar 2021 #28
Orangly superpatriotman Mar 2021 #29
That will involve work and actual effort LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2021 #31
He had his own platform in late January. It's gone now ... JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2021 #32
And there it is. Maru Kitteh Mar 2021 #33
This bad news is likely a "Kushner Enterprises" project andym Mar 2021 #34

applegrove

(118,654 posts)
1. Easier for the former guy to fleece his sheep. Plus he'll be held responsible
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 01:30 PM
Mar 2021

for anything cooked up by his racists online.

Corgigal

(9,291 posts)
4. CIA
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 01:35 PM
Mar 2021

please jam this asshole. He’s a threat to the national good.

Thank You,
A Veteran who understood electronic countermeasures.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
6. In two or three months, you say?
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 01:37 PM
Mar 2021

So will that be just before or just after infrastructure week? And the unveiling of your long-awaited health care plan?

brush

(53,778 posts)
7. Yeah, sure. Like the healthcare plan he kept promising he'd roll out in a couple of weeks.
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 01:37 PM
Mar 2021

He's been successful in business when?

0rganism

(23,954 posts)
12. In the unlikely event of this happening...
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 01:42 PM
Mar 2021

...What's the over-under on how long such a platform would be live before it gets cracked wide open by bored middle school kids?

WarGamer

(12,444 posts)
13. One thing though...
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 01:42 PM
Mar 2021

Does he have the potential audience? Sure.

But how's he going to build this platform?

I can't see him being able to rally the tech talent and skill it takes to build a platform to rival Twitter, FaceBook and InstaGram.

Those people can't stand him.

So I'm expecting a clunky dated platform from Day One... it will suck.

JHB

(37,160 posts)
14. So which Russian oligarchs (in addition to Vlad) will reap the windfall...
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 01:43 PM
Mar 2021

...from all this voluntarily-surrendered personal data?

sop

(10,177 posts)
16. Other than media reporting every stupid thing he'll say, I believe he'll be ignored by most people.
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 01:44 PM
Mar 2021

VMA131Marine

(4,139 posts)
27. This platform's development will be underfunded,
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 02:06 PM
Mar 2021

It won’t be free to join.
And it will crash on the first day.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,340 posts)
32. He had his own platform in late January. It's gone now ...
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 03:00 PM
Mar 2021

the city made him dismantle the helicopter pad.

This new platform will be a hacker magnet, no doubt.

Maru Kitteh

(28,340 posts)
33. And there it is.
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 03:36 PM
Mar 2021


He's going to ban saying bad things about him, and it's going to get boring as shit in no time. It will open big, die down in short order and then limp along pathetically for a few years well after the world has moved on.

SAD


andym

(5,443 posts)
34. This bad news is likely a "Kushner Enterprises" project
Sun Mar 21, 2021, 03:40 PM
Mar 2021

He might actually succeed because he has millions of followers anxious for Simple Simon's next commands. He has a market ready for exploitation.

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