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Finally ... ding dong the witch is dead. I would like to know how much revenue Twitter and Facebook made off of this POS. Doubtful we will ever hear such thing

• esoterica 6y ago
  I think the extremely online political junkies vastly overestimate the amount of money Twitter derives from Donald Trump's tweets. Most people just use Twitter to follow their friends and celebrities and don't hang on to his every word. They were mostly refraining from taking a harder line on Trump because they were worried about retaliation from the Republicans. Now that Trump's out office and the Democrats control all three branches that's no longer a concern for them.
  • tonetheman 6y ago
    You could be totally correct. I would like to know though. I think you think it lower than me and I think it higher than you. Ha. Just good that he is gone.
  • ProfessorLayton 6y ago
    Maybe not directly, but there's no denying that he drives engagement metrics from all sides. Engaging products are stickier, and thus drives product teams intensely to continue doing so. Of course we've seen intense polarization because of this, but all that aside it's easy to see why a company beholden to shareholders would hesitate for so long.
• seattle_spring 6y ago
  > I would like to know how much revenue Twitter and Facebook made I would assume not that much, unless the ads being shown to his followers were for extended mags, American flags, MAGA hats, or truck nuts.