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WordPress blogs also have comments sections. To me, the value of having a social media presence would be to boost your message beyond its core audience. Howeve
by Hamuko 3y ago
WordPress blogs also have comments sections.
To me, the value of having a social media presence would be to boost your message beyond its core audience. However, Truth Social seems like it has a very selective group of people that would even sign up, so there's less of a chance of your posts being seen by someone who wasn't already interested in them.
I'd imagine it'd be a lot cheaper to host too, and could probably still get around the same amount spent on advertising.
- Waterluvian 3y agoThe goal isn’t to use it to spread a message. It’s where the message is formed and the ideology is incubated. What was the point of a Klan rally?
- solardev 3y agoI think the point was that conservatives wanted to believe they had a legitimate grip on reality even though the mainstream social networks kept banning them. Having their own echo chamber safe space let them pretend they were on equal footing with the rest of the world. It's a veneer of legitimacy for an ideology that relies not on factualness but bravado...