{"id":391152,"date":"2022-01-08T01:48:18","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T22:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/a-tech-forecast-for-the-future-of-conservative-social-media\/"},"modified":"2022-01-08T01:48:18","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T22:48:18","slug":"a-tech-forecast-for-the-future-of-conservative-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/a-tech-forecast-for-the-future-of-conservative-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"#A tech forecast for the future of conservative social media"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c55eb8b1b7\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c55eb8b1b7\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/a-tech-forecast-for-the-future-of-conservative-social-media\/#That_never_happened\" >That never happened<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/a-tech-forecast-for-the-future-of-conservative-social-media\/#The_TRUTH\" >The TRUTH<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/a-tech-forecast-for-the-future-of-conservative-social-media\/#Hows_that_going_so_far\" >How\u2019s that going so far?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/a-tech-forecast-for-the-future-of-conservative-social-media\/#The_Trump_effect\" >The Trump effect<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#A tech forecast for the future of conservative <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a><\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>It\u2019s 2016. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are standing across from one another on stage as NBC\u2019s Lester Holt prepares to kick off the first of four presidential debates.<\/p>\n<p>The event starts off per tradition, and the first few moments are filled with pleasantries and introductions. But then Trump answers the first official question.<\/p>\n<p>The crowd is stunned by what they hear. Trump\u2019s dropped all pretense and said he\u2019s going to \u201cbuild a wall\u201d and that \u201cMexico is going to pay for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In rebuttal, Secretary Clinton merely shrugs and says \u201cno, totally. I like it. Let\u2019s do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She then steps to the edge of the stage where she proceeds to lead a round of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lause for Trump, urging the crowd into an excited frenzy.<\/p>\n<p>Trump leaves his podium to join Clinton. Together they stand at the center of the stage, their clasped hands raised high overhead in a triumphant moment of American unity.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"That_never_happened\"><\/span>That never happened<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>But, essentially, that\u2019s what life is like on conservative social media sites. No, they\u2019re not writing Trump\/Clinton fan-fiction over on Parler, Gab, and GETTR.<\/p>\n<p>At least that would provide <i>some<\/i><span> sort of controversy or drama. It\u2019s just boring over there.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Without libs to own or opposing viewpoints to rally against, right wing social media sites are pretty much just a bunch of people with their backs to each other yelling different versions of the same message.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1377601 js-lazy\" alt=\"A screenshot from GETTR\" width=\"1354\" height=\"1408\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1354px) 100vw, 1354px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/ratio.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/ratio.jpg 1354w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/ratio-202x210.jpg 202w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/ratio-130x135.jpg 130w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/ratio-260x270.jpg 260w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/ratio-796x828.jpg 796w\"\/><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.thenextweb.com%2Finsider%2F2022%2F01%2F07%2Fhere-comes-trumps-truth-tech-forecast-future-conservative-social-media%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: Wow! Look at that ratio! It\u2019s actually really nice. People seem to like Greene a lot on GETTR. Good for her!\" data-title=\"Share Wow! Look at that ratio! It\u2019s actually really nice. People seem to like Greene a lot on GETTR. Good for her! on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share Wow! Look at that ratio! It\u2019s actually really nice. People seem to like Greene a lot on GETTR. Good for her! on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>Wow! Look at that ratio! It\u2019s actually really nice. People seem to like Greene a lot on GETTR. Good for her!<\/figcaption><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1377601\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/ratio.jpg\" alt=\"A screenshot from GETTR\" width=\"1354\" height=\"1408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/ratio.jpg 1354w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/ratio-202x210.jpg 202w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/ratio-130x135.jpg 130w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/ratio-260x270.jpg 260w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/ratio-796x828.jpg 796w\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_TRUTH\"><\/span>The TRUTH<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>TNW\u2019s Ivan Mehta recently penned an article wherein he wondered what the impending launch of Donald Trump\u2018s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/\">TRUTH social media<\/a> would mean for conservatives on mainstream social sites.<\/p>\n<p>Per Ivan\u2019s article:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Earlier this week, Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene got permanently banned from Twitter and Facebook. So she and her supporters might be looking for a new home (beyond the likes of Gettr). We\u2019re keeping an eye on the situation to see if the majority of the right-leaning leaders will move to this new social network.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019ll be interesting to see how things play out. But, based on everything that\u2019s ever happened in the history of tech, it\u2019s very difficult to imagine how such an enterprise could flourish beyond a brief period of hype-driven enthusiasm.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t get me wrong, there\u2019s a lot to be said for targeted marketing. MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell\u2019s incredible success came on the back of the MAGA movement.<\/p>\n<p>But MyPillow doesn\u2019t compete directly with Facebook, Apple, Twitter, Microsoft, and Google.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to the business of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a>, there are no special categories or exceptions for products or services just because they\u2019re political in nature.<\/p>\n<p>Even if 50% of all social media users were Trump supporters, the TRUTH network would have a smaller potential user-base than Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>And Twitter boasts approximately 206 million users per day. Even if every conservative and independent in the US were to sign up for a right wing social media site, those sites would still be splitting a potential user cap that\u2019s below Twitter\u2019s current daily average.<\/p>\n<p>That tells us two simple things:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>There\u2019s a close-to-zero chance that big tech will buy out any of the current or soon-to-launch right wing social media sites. There\u2019s no billion dollar payday at the end of the road for Parler or Gab like there was for Instagram and Tumblr<\/li>\n<li>An ad-based revenue system that\u2019s meant to appeal to a singular demographic will be dependent on huge contracts and above-industry-average conversion rates for click throughs and purchases<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>That means right wing social media sites have to beat Twitter and Google at their own <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s without anywhere near the potential investment, capital, or predicted profits of those outlets. And with a fraction of the users.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hows_that_going_so_far\"><\/span>How\u2019s that going so far?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>While we wait for TRUTH to launch, let\u2019s take a look at GETTR. The home of such recent converts as Joe Rogan and MAGA faithful Marjorie Taylor Greene.<\/p>\n<p>Rogan hasn\u2019t posted on GETTR <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gettr.com\/user\/joerogan\">in over four days<\/a>. For comparison, he\u2019s posted several times a day <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joerogan\">on Twitter<\/a> over the same period.<\/p>\n<p>And Greene, well, she has two verified accounts on GETTR. One of them has 372K followers:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1377602 aligncenter js-lazy\" alt=\"A screenshot from GETTR\" width=\"1412\" height=\"1034\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1412px) 100vw, 1412px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/greeengettr1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/greeengettr1.jpg 1412w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/greeengettr1-280x205.jpg 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/greeengettr1-184x135.jpg 184w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/greeengettr1-369x270.jpg 369w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/greeengettr1-796x583.jpg 796w\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1377602 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/greeengettr1.jpg\" alt=\"A screenshot from GETTR\" width=\"1412\" height=\"1034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/greeengettr1.jpg 1412w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/greeengettr1-280x205.jpg 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/greeengettr1-184x135.jpg 184w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/greeengettr1-369x270.jpg 369w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/greeengettr1-796x583.jpg 796w\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p>But 293K of those are actually Twitter users:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1377603 aligncenter js-lazy\" alt=\"\" width=\"1356\" height=\"416\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1356px) 100vw, 1356px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/greengett2.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/greengett2.jpg 1356w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/greengett2-280x86.jpg 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/greengett2-270x83.jpg 270w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/greengett2-540x166.jpg 540w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/greengett2-796x244.jpg 796w\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1377603 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/greengett2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1356\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/greengett2.jpg 1356w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/greengett2-280x86.jpg 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/greengett2-270x83.jpg 270w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/greengett2-540x166.jpg 540w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/greengett2-796x244.jpg 796w\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p>And <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gettr.com\/user\/mtg4america\">her other account<\/a> appears to have 626K followers, but it bears the same handle as her personal Twitter account, which has been permanently banned. We can\u2019t tell if those numbers include the approximately 465K Twitter followers she had before the shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>But a preliminary investigation by TNW demonstrated that the overwhelming majority of Greene\u2019s followers appear to have no profile information and have never posted on the site.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1377604 js-lazy\" alt=\"A screenshot from GETTR\" width=\"1372\" height=\"1713\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1372px) 100vw, 1372px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/mtggettr3.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/mtggettr3.jpg 1372w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/mtggettr3-168x210.jpg 168w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/mtggettr3-108x135.jpg 108w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/mtggettr3-216x270.jpg 216w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/mtggettr3-1230x1536.jpg 1230w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/mtggettr3-796x994.jpg 796w\"\/><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.thenextweb.com%2Finsider%2F2022%2F01%2F07%2Fhere-comes-trumps-truth-tech-forecast-future-conservative-social-media%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: Most of these accounts have never posted on GETTR. \ud83e\udd16\" data-title=\"Share Most of these accounts have never posted on GETTR. \ud83e\udd16 on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share Most of these accounts have never posted on GETTR. \ud83e\udd16 on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>Most of these accounts have never posted on GETTR. \ud83e\udd16<\/figcaption><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1377604\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/mtggettr3.jpg\" alt=\"A screenshot from GETTR\" width=\"1372\" height=\"1713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/mtggettr3.jpg 1372w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/mtggettr3-168x210.jpg 168w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/mtggettr3-108x135.jpg 108w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/mtggettr3-216x270.jpg 216w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/mtggettr3-1230x1536.jpg 1230w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/01\/mtggettr3-796x994.jpg 796w\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Trump_effect\"><\/span>The Trump effect<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The TRUTH network has one thing going for it that GETTR, Gab, and Parler don\u2019t: Trump. It comes with the promise that it\u2019ll be the former president\u2019s personal platform.<\/p>\n<p>But, that\u2019s the only promise that TRUTH can make good on for conservatives looking for a Trump-led media network with an uncensored environment featuring complete freedom of speech.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, all of the most popular right wing social media sites have terms of service (TOS) that read like they\u2019re straight out of big tech\u2019s fine print.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s check out <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gettr.com\/terms\">GETTR\u2019s TOS<\/a> as an example:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>GETTR may, in its sole discretion, reject, delete, move, re-format, remove, or refuse to post or otherwise make use of UGC without notice or any liability to you or any third-party in connection with our operation of UGC venues in an appropriate manner, such as to enhance accessibility of UGC, address copyright infringement, and protect Users from harmful UGC. Without limitation, we may, but do not commit to, do so to address content that comes to our attention that we believe is offensive, obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, pornographic, violent, harassing, threatening, abusive, illegal, or otherwise objectionable or inappropriate, or to enforce the rights of third parties or these Terms or any applicable Additional Terms. For example, this may include content identified as personal bullying, sexual abuse of a child, attacking any religion or race, or content containing video or depictions of beheadings. Such UGC submitted by you or others need not be maintained on the Service by us for any period of time, and you will not have the right, once submitted, to access, archive, maintain, change, remove, or otherwise use such UGC on the Service or elsewhere, except that certain users may have certain additional rights as provided for in the Privacy Policy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Gosh! That\u2019s almost identical to the TOS you agree to when you sign up to use a Twitter account.<\/p>\n<p>And TRUTH almost surely won\u2019t be a free-for-all either. You won\u2019t be able to post bomb recipes, pornography, or illegal images. If you try to sell molly on TRUTH, you\u2019ll probably get snitched out to the feds. If liberals sign up just to harass MAGA they\u2019ll surely be banned, else the site will be overrun by left wing trolls.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pretty much all of my leftist friends joined Parler to screw with MAGA folks, and every last one of them was banned in less than 24 hours because conservatives truly love free speech.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Respectable Lawyer (@RespectableLaw) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RespectableLaw\/status\/1276590556374880258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 26, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The simple fact of the matter is that the only difference between conservative social media and Twitter is that many MAGA enemies with Twitter accounts won\u2019t have accounts on TRUTH.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to get your account banned for harassing someone who isn\u2019t on the platform you\u2019re impotently attacking them from.<\/p>\n<p><span>And therein lies the problem. There\u2019s a reason why the UFC doesn\u2019t ever have <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kata\"><i>Kata <\/i><\/a><span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kata\">exhibitions<\/a> inside the cage wherein two fighters from the same team\u00a0put on a no-contact technique clinic. It would be boring as hell.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>All politics aside, if you want to take on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, splintering your audience into a demographic that\u2019s only meant to appeal to \u201cMAGA supporters who hate conflict\u201d seems like a really poor way to go about doing it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Make no mistake, Trump and his partners are likely to make money hand over fist with the launch of TRUTH. But comparing what TRUTH is trying to accomplish to what Twitter\u2019s doing is like comparing <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/the-goods\/22249458\/gamestop-stock-wallstreetbets-reddit-citron\">what Reddit did with GameStonk<\/a> to what Warren Buffet\u2019s done with his big tech investments over the past 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the day, there\u2019s no exit strategy for TRUTH. It\u2019s built on open-source\u00a0software. It\u2019s only shot at long-term prosperity is to curate a boutique community of people who all subscribe to the same philosophy and seek to only interact with and purchase products and services from each other.<\/p>\n<p>In other words: It has to convince people to give up iPhones, Amazon, and Netflix in favor of whatever technologically-inferior knockoff MAGA influencers are hucking.<\/p>\n<p>The only thing conservative social media has to offer that its mainstream competitors don\u2019t have is Trump\u2019s posts. And we\u2019ll be able to read those on millions of MAGA Twitter posts seconds after they\u2019re posted on TRUTH.<\/p>\n<p>In order to profit off a business model that involves capturing a tiny portion of an established industry leader\u2019s user base, you have to either innovate and create a vastly superior product or rely on a steady stream of people willing to pay a premium for subpar products in the name of your cause.<\/p>\n<p>When Apple launched the iPhone, for example, it was targeting a very small user base: techies with lots of money. There were a lot of touchscreen phones on the market, but none of them were as technologically advanced and innovative as the iPhone.<\/p>\n<p>When Erik Finman launched the Freedom Phone, on the other hand, he was simply reselling a Chinese phone at a ridiculous markup in order to dupe MAGA fans out of their money.<\/p>\n<p>No person in their right mind would favorably compare Finman\u2019s knockoff security nightmare of a Freedom Phone to the iPhone, but I\u2019m sure he made some money on it.<\/p>\n<p>And the same goes for any social media network whose only innovation is being a less technologically-advanced version of Twitter or Facebook, but with Donald Trump posts<\/p>\n<p>Getting people on TRUTH shouldn\u2019t be a problem. MAGA is the longest running political party (in the dancing and music sense)\u00a0in recent memory. <em>Ain\u2019t no hype like MAGA hype. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>But the important question is whether users will want to spend their time on TRUTH, or any other right wing echo chamber, after a few months of cheering in the stands with no opposing team on the field.<\/p>\n<p>If there are no libs to own or left-wing views to dispute, what\u2019s the point?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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