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Trump is no longer profitable for Twitter.

by int_ 6y ago

sandworm101 6y ago
Really? He would seem to be the king of all whales. His extremes draw people to the platform. No doubt countless seniors only ever installed the app so that they could follow trump. Like it or not, he draws in new users.
- sangnoir 6y ago
  How about legal exposure, or loss of political goodwill (especially by those who are in positions to provide oversight)? Profitability is impacted by more factors than just raw "number of eyeballs"
  - andrewfong 6y ago
    Well, the funny thing is they're mostly protected from legal exposure by Section 230, that thing Trump keeps trying to get rid of.
- asiando 6y ago
  In 2017 I saw Twitter advertising in Tokyo’s metro with Trump tweets. Even if their PR said “we don’t like it but it’s in the public interest,” it was obviously in their interest. Twitter has been mentioned daily in the news for the past 5 years, they turned a huge profit thanks the guy. The only reason they’re acting now is that their excuse is about to expire. If they found another good excuse, Trump would stay.
  - hef19898 6y ago
    Back then, it was in everyones interesst. Trump caused controversy, that drove traffic. Same applied for mainstream media and TV, everyone covered im because he drove engangement. The world would be much different, if everybody would just not have covered him and his rallies already in 2016. Everybody did, so.
    - asiando 6y ago
      Covering doesn’t mean letting him speak directly to the public. CNN also let him speak live after the election, but when he started speaking nonsense they interrupted the feed. What’s happening this week isn’t new, it’s been happening for years.
kube-system 6y ago
The election doesn’t delete Trump’s Twitter followers. If anything, twitter’s actions show this was never about profit... but about the fact that no media outlet in the US has ever outright censored a sitting president.
newguy1234 6y ago
He absolutely is. Trump is the only reason I actually go to twitter at all. The rest of the website is effectively a trash dump. Also if you haven't figured it out. Trump is likely to radically reform the entire republican party. Just because he lost the election doesn't mean he is going out of politics.
- KSteffensen 6y ago
  Recent events have forced Republican politicians to choose sides clearly rather than sitting on the fence hoping he will go away. This will hopefully severely limit Trumps power in the Republican party in the future. He will probably not leave politics entirely, though. That would mean being forced to admit that he lost which is beyond his ego.
  - chasd00 6y ago
    half the country hangs on trump's every word. to look at it from the other side, consider two Democrats running for office. one gets Obama's endorsement the other gets tarred and feathered. which one stands a better chance to win?

Trump is no longer profitable for Twitter.

by int_ 6y ago

Trump is no longer profitable for Twitter.

Really? He would seem to be the king of all whales. His extremes draw people to the platform. No doubt countless seniors only ever installed the app so that they could follow trump. Like it or not, he draws in new users.

sangnoir 6y ago
How about legal exposure, or loss of political goodwill (especially by those who are in positions to provide oversight)? Profitability is impacted by more factors than just raw "number of eyeballs"
- andrewfong 6y ago
  Well, the funny thing is they're mostly protected from legal exposure by Section 230, that thing Trump keeps trying to get rid of.
asiando 6y ago
In 2017 I saw Twitter advertising in Tokyo’s metro with Trump tweets. Even if their PR said “we don’t like it but it’s in the public interest,” it was obviously in their interest. Twitter has been mentioned daily in the news for the past 5 years, they turned a huge profit thanks the guy. The only reason they’re acting now is that their excuse is about to expire. If they found another good excuse, Trump would stay.
- hef19898 6y ago
  Back then, it was in everyones interesst. Trump caused controversy, that drove traffic. Same applied for mainstream media and TV, everyone covered im because he drove engangement. The world would be much different, if everybody would just not have covered him and his rallies already in 2016. Everybody did, so.
  - asiando 6y ago
    Covering doesn’t mean letting him speak directly to the public. CNN also let him speak live after the election, but when he started speaking nonsense they interrupted the feed. What’s happening this week isn’t new, it’s been happening for years.

kube-system 6y ago

The election doesn’t delete Trump’s Twitter followers. If anything, twitter’s actions show this was never about profit... but about the fact that no media outlet in the US has ever outright censored a sitting president.

newguy1234 6y ago

He absolutely is. Trump is the only reason I actually go to twitter at all. The rest of the website is effectively a trash dump. Also if you haven't figured it out. Trump is likely to radically reform the entire republican party. Just because he lost the election doesn't mean he is going out of politics.

KSteffensen 6y ago
Recent events have forced Republican politicians to choose sides clearly rather than sitting on the fence hoping he will go away. This will hopefully severely limit Trumps power in the Republican party in the future. He will probably not leave politics entirely, though. That would mean being forced to admit that he lost which is beyond his ego.
- chasd00 6y ago
  half the country hangs on trump's every word. to look at it from the other side, consider two Democrats running for office. one gets Obama's endorsement the other gets tarred and feathered. which one stands a better chance to win?