# Trumps \[Former\] New Social Media Platform **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [March 22, 2021, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-former-new-social-media-platform/938396 "2021-03-22T03:35:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-former-new-social-media-platform/938396/21 "2021-03-22T23:31:32Z")
IANAL, but this is not precedential. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2021, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-former-new-social-media-platform/938396/22 "2021-03-23T00:19:47Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > But as Hari\_Seldon posted: Trump needs to find some one willing to host such a site. Yet to attract subscribers, he will have to permit 8-chan levels of threatening posts-and-memes against the usual targets (Hillary, Nancy, etc.) > > These two needs are mutually exclusive. Yeah, that’s what I’m thinking, too. He’s gonna have to welcome the violent nutjobs, and that’s gonna make it very hard for any corporation that’s NOT pro-violent-nutjobs to associate themselves with the enterprise. In addition to hosts, he’s gotta have a revenue stream, and without corporate advertisers, I don’t see that happening. Much likelier is that this is yet another Trump scam. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2021, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-former-new-social-media-platform/938396/23 "2021-03-23T00:27:18Z")
The people who come up with this idea have no understanding of social media. In order to be successful there has to be a critical mass of users who return over and over. Who is going to spend a lot of time at a site where the only topic of conversation is right-wing talking points? Even right-wingers would get tired of that. The reason Twitter, FB, etc. are successful is because every possible subject is represented. (I am most familiar with Twitter, hence my examples.) Yes, politics is big on Twitter — but pop music is much bigger, and sports is even bigger. I can go to Twitter and find a discussion on anything from restaurants to medicine. I just can’t imagine someone would join Trump’s platform to talk about anything besides politics, and that’s most of it. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-former-new-social-media-platform/938396/24 "2021-03-23T14:47:09Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > The people who come up with this idea have no understanding of social media. In order to be successful there has to be a critical mass of users who return over and over. Who is going to spend a lot of time at a site where the only topic of conversation is right-wing talking points? Even right-wingers would get tired of that. Sorry but no, that is literally the only thing they want. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2021, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-former-new-social-media-platform/938396/25 "2021-03-23T16:53:34Z")
Yes I don’t think any serious advertisers are going to touch this thing with a 10 foot pole, there might be some fly by night outfits that see this as an easy way to connect with guilable marks ripe for the plucking, but in the end it will have to go subscription based, and who wants to pay for this kind of thing when you can go on parler for free. Also if by some miracle, this thing does get off the ground, chances are it’s going to be run on a shoestring budget (Trump hates spending money on things he can’t gold plate), maanged by a couple of IT guys who got certified in web-design at their local community college hosted on a PC running Vista. So it will be down at least half the time. Basically in think this platform has even less chance of competing with the big boys as the USFL had against the NFL. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-former-new-social-media-platform/938396/26 "2021-03-23T16:54:14Z")
Even if true, what’s in it for the vast majority of people, who aren’t one-item right-wingers, to join? ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2021, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-former-new-social-media-platform/938396/27 "2021-03-23T17:56:47Z")
Who says they want those people? They just want something like Parler back (yes, I know Parler did come back, but then closed and is back again). ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2021, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-former-new-social-media-platform/938396/28 "2021-03-23T20:50:01Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Yes I don’t think any serious advertisers are going to touch this thing with a 10 foot pole… There’s always the My Pillow guy. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-former-new-social-media-platform/938396/29 "2021-03-25T01:10:35Z")
I’m not sure if he’ll be able to afford to advertise after the lawsuits from Dominion. ---
**Author:** ![Kimera757](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimera757/32/3765_2.png) [@Kimera757](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimera757)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-former-new-social-media-platform/938396/30 "2021-03-25T01:19:44Z")
Assuming he owns the platform, he can lie his ass off. There’s no law against lying in most cases. He would only get in trouble if he fomented violence, which, given his record, means it could get shut down pretty fast. He could also get in trouble for libel, but he seems immune to that, and I don’t think it’s because he was president. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-former-new-social-media-platform/938396/31 "2021-03-25T01:23:57Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > There’s always the My Pillow guy. You mean his new competitor? > **[MyPillow CEO unveils name of upcoming social media site](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/mypillow-ceo-mike-lindell-social-media-b1821803.html)** > > Site will reportedly go live in the next two weeks ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-former-new-social-media-platform/938396/32 "2021-03-25T11:12:35Z")
I’m guessing, one and the same. Donny is just claiming it, yknow, like he always does, for everything he had NO part in! Word on the street is, it’ll be ready for launch in like…two weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Kimera757](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimera757/32/3765_2.png) [@Kimera757](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimera757)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-former-new-social-media-platform/938396/33 "2021-06-02T17:02:40Z")
It’s closed! > **[Trump Project Fails After Just 1 Month](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-communications-platform-blog-fails_n_60b7923ae4b00a70313af97c?utm_source=spotim&utm_medium=spotim_recirculation)** > > The blog goes the way of so many other Trump-branded products. Normally I read centrist publications but I looked at a link without checking. Well, it was good news anyway. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-former-new-social-media-platform/938396/34 "2021-06-02T17:12:52Z")
> [@Kimera757](#): > > It’s closed! > > [Trump's 'Communications Platform' Fails After Just 1 Month | HuffPost Latest News](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-communications-platform-blog-fails_n_60b7923ae4b00a70313af97c?utm_source=spotim&utm_medium=spotim_recirculation) > > Normally I read centrist publications but I looked at a link without checking. Well, it was good news anyway. From the linked article. > “From the Desk of Donald J. Trump” [was preceded in death](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/donald-trumps-13-biggest-business-failures-59556/) by Trump Airlines, Trump beverages, Trump: The Game, numerous Trump casinos, Trump magazine, Trump Mortgage, Trump Steaks, a Trump travel website, Trump telecom, Trump University, and Trump Vodka. \< snerk \> ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-former-new-social-media-platform/938396/35 "2021-06-02T17:24:45Z")
Trump blog aborted by Jason Miller at approximately four weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Keith1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Keith1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keith1)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-former-new-social-media-platform/938396/36 "2021-06-02T20:27:55Z")
Could be that a good number of Trump followers simply aren’t computer savvy. I mean if they were, and informed, would they be following him in the first place? ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-former-new-social-media-platform/938396/37 "2021-06-02T20:54:22Z")
If they’re savvy enough to glom onto alt-right bullshit they’re savvy enough to find Trump’s end of the internet if they were so inclined. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-former-new-social-media-platform/938396/38 "2021-06-02T22:48:53Z")
> [@Lance\_Turbo](#): > > Trump blog aborted by Jason Miller at approximately four weeks For the rest of us, that’s roughly three Scaramuccis. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-former-new-social-media-platform/938396/39 "2021-06-02T23:17:00Z")
I move that this thread be renamed “The Former Guy’s Former Blog”. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-former-new-social-media-platform/938396/40 "2021-06-02T23:51:40Z")
I read somewhere (possibly the original WaPo report) that the orange shit-gibbon was “infuriated” at the embarrassingly low level of readership his amazing new internet creation was getting, compounded by the fact that he was being mocked for it on real social media. So ~~Herr Goebbels~~ Jason Miller was ordered to shut it down. My understanding from the latest proclamations is that this was never intended to be a “platform” to replace Twitter, and that such a platform – the greatest platform the internet has ever seen in history – comparable to the greatness of the Terrific Orange Health Care Plan that replaced Obamacare – is still coming. In about two weeks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-former-new-social-media-platform/938396.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-former-new-social-media-platform/938396.md?page=3)