RIP GETTR, 2021-2021

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

https://gizmodo.com/rip-gettr-2021-2021-1847910952


Ex-president and incumbent goblin king Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he is launching Truth Social, a MAGA competitor for the likes of Facebook and Twitter, where bigots and conspiracy theorists can roam free from the prying eyes of mods. That is extremely bad news for its circus parade of competitors, including Capitol attack hangout Parler and myriad other C-list contenders for the right-wing social throne.

To GETTR, the death-spiraling social network helmed by longtime Trump adviser Jason Miller, it must be humiliating.

For those with a blessedly short memory of everything having to do with the Donald, the ex-president got banned from Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and virtually every other mainstream social media site after he incited his supporters to attack the Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021. Right-wingers went into a predictable uproar, but for social networks that had marketed themselves as free speech havens standing up to Big Tech tyranny, it was an opportunity to lure Trump and his considerable fanbase to their coffers.

Parler, which is backed by GOP mega-donor Rebekah Mercer and reportedly so desperate for Trump’s patronage that it offered him a massive de facto bribe, never managed to get him to set up shop. Trump didn’t immediately register for any of its other competitors either and instead started his own blog—which he promptly ragequit after it generated only pathetic numbers of page views. In June, aide Miller, still working for Trump at that point, explained that the blog was “just auxiliary to the broader efforts we have and are working on.”

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[2naSalit]

1. ...

[RockRaven]

2. I must be living under a rock... I've never seen TFG referred to as "incumbent goblin king" before

But it is totally apt.

[lindysalsagal]

3. I can beat that: I never even heard of it.

But I'm a social media minimalist...

[MontanaMama]

4. Missed it by that much...

[MurrayDelph]

5. Does this mean

gettr done?

[tanyev]

6. GETTR GOTTN.