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> what happens when Elon starts his own platform He wouldn't bother because it'd be a failure. Twitter's tech stack isn't worth 40 billion, Musk could clone tw
by root_axis 5y ago
> what happens when Elon starts his own platform
He wouldn't bother because it'd be a failure. Twitter's tech stack isn't worth 40 billion, Musk could clone twitter for less than $500m, but just having a platform doesn't accomplish much, the overwhelming majority of twitter users have no reason to leave twitter.
- aleister_777 5y agoI bet there would be a whole lot of people that would join elon-twitter.
- root_axis 5y agoThey said the same thing about truth social.
- Msw242 5y agoParler didn't fail because it was unable to attract a userbase.
- root_axis 5y agoThat is why it failed - technical mistakes aside.
- skinnymuch 5y agoParler failed because it was never actually able to do and be what the incoming user base thought they were promised —- a free, uncensored bastion. Since that would never work at a bigger size with mainstream attention, there’s no real diff. Parler being a grift makes it all muddied any how.