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In 2019 there was a massive exodus of Saudi dissidents from Twitter to Parler. I wonder if those people had some intuition of what was going on behind the scene
by mastazi 6y ago
In 2019 there was a massive exodus of Saudi dissidents from Twitter to Parler. I wonder if those people had some intuition of what was going on behind the scenes at Twitter https://www.thedailybeast.com/about-200000-saudi-arabian-users-suddenly-flood-parler-a-pro-trump-twitter-alternative https://www.thedailybeast.com/about-200000-saudi-arabian-use...
- koheripbal 6y agoI'm surprised it took that long when news of Saudi $300MM investment in Twitter came out in 2015. If someone gives you $300MM, you don't say No to them. Indeed, you've likely already said yes.
- smabie 6y agoWhy not? What leverage do the Saudis have against twitter besides not giving them more money?
- cscurmudgeon 6y agoThe big news here is that this could still be happening at Twitter (or other places).