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The idea that Trump will reach a larger audience by returning to some fringier social media platform than he could with his blog is quite counter-intuitive. It
by md_ 5y ago
The idea that Trump will reach a larger audience by returning to some fringier social media platform than he could with his blog is quite counter-intuitive.
It seems to me that a blog with proper (mainstream) social network "share" buttons can reach a significantly greater audience than an account on, like, Parler, Gab, or Yo.
My best guess here is that Brad Parscale couldn't figure out how to implement "share on Twitter" or "share on Facebook" buttons, which might not be that surprising.
- meheleventyone 5y agoI believe they originally had shared the blog posts on Twitter but had accounts/tweets removed as it’s pretty transparently circumventing Trumps ban.
- md_ 5y agoThat makes sense if it's like "@fromthedeskofdjt" sharing posts. But I'd be surprised if having a "share" button where readers can share with their smaller circle of friends would be problematic. In comparison, if you go to Gab, you only reach users of Gab--and signups are generally a much higher bar for users than resharing.
- Moodles 5y ago> But I'd be surprised if having a "share" button where readers can share with their smaller circle of friends would be problematic. Well that’s what happened.
- meheleventyone 5y agoTrue, definitely agree that reducing friction would have helped a lot but I think there wasn’t much organic interest either. There’s a lot of (mocking) hot takes from Parlor and Gab on Twitter for example. Whereas I didn’t see any pickup from Trumps blogging. I think it’s was also a content thing in the case of the blog. Twitter Trump was more interesting than blog Trump even if you don’t like him.
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