Business & Finance Florida Passes Bill Prohibiting Banning Politicians from Social Media Platforms

[Captain X]

What makes you say that?

 

[Rocinante]

There is no chance that Parler becomes the next twitter. None. Zero.

Yes, political Twitter is awful and toxic, but most people don't interact with political Twitter, for those that do, Parler is just as bad to a huge portion of them.

Maybe not parler specifically, but If given opportunity to grow, a new platform could easily become the next twitter.

The issue is with coordinated attempts to destroy them, like what happened with Parler.

These things will come and go. One day people will grow bored of/angry at twitter and will get on an alternative. But as long as big tech keeps coordinating to make that impossible, none will take over.

 

[Battlegrinder]

What makes you say that?

Political twitter is small: Small Share of U.S. Adults Produce Majority of Political Tweets

Political Twitter, and by extension Parler, tends to amplify the most extreme voices, and most people are not on the extreme and will disagree. If anything, Parler is worse off, because the media has trained everyone to be less receptive to right wing messages than left wing ones.

These things will come and go. One day people will grow bored of/angry at twitter and will get on an alternative.

If people were going to get sick of twitter's toxicity and migrate to another platform en mass, they would done so 2 or 3 years ago when things got really, really nasty. Parler and various off brand twitters have been around for most of that time, ready to pick up this swelling tide of people that gave up on Twitter.

 

[Rocinante]

Political twitter is small: Small Share of U.S. Adults Produce Majority of Political Tweets

Political Twitter, and by extension Parler, tends to amplify the most extreme voices, and most people are not on the extreme and will disagree. If anything, Parler is worse off, because the media has trained everyone to be less receptive to right wing messages than left wing ones.




If people were going to get sick of twitter's toxicity and migrate to another platform en mass, they would done so 2 or 3 years ago when things got really, really nasty. Parler and various off brand twitters have been around for most of that time, ready to pick up this swelling tide of people that gave up on Twitter.

If these things were permanent, Everyone would still be on myspace or chatting on AIM.

 

[Battlegrinder]

If these things were permanent, Everyone would still be on myspace or chatting on AIM.

I'm not saying it's permanent. I'm saying it's incredibly hard to distupt and overtake an established firm like this, and that it's a fool's errand to hope politics, something that most users are not using the service for, is what does them in.

 

[BlackDragon98]

Desantis is the best Governor in the country and I really hope he runs for president.

There hasn't been someone I WANT to vote for...maybe ever.

Usually it's a reluctant picking of the less bad candidate.

Desantis lately seems like an outright good candidate. I love the moves he's made in Florida this last year.

Would Trump endorse him?
Desantis as Prez and Ted Cruz as vice.
Dynamic duo.

 

[BlackDragon98]

If people were going to get sick of twitter's toxicity and migrate to another platform en mass, they would done so 2 or 3 years ago when things got really, really nasty. Parler and various off brand twitters have been around for most of that time, ready to pick up this swelling tide of people that gave up on Twitter.

Anyone know when Trump's social media platform's coming online?

 

[f1onagher]

Anyone know when Trump's social media platform's coming online?

I'm still baffled that he never made a move to any of the existing alternatives.

 

[Rocinante]

I'm still baffled that he never made a move to any of the existing alternatives.

Why move to an alternative when you can build your own?

There is a demand and he has the resources.

This might work.

 

[BlackDragon98]

Why move to an alternative when you can build your own?

There is a demand and he has the resources.

This might work.

Trump Organization gets an expansion into the cyberweb through Trump's social media platform.
An excellent business move TBH.

 

[Terthna]

I'm not saying it's permanent. I'm saying it's incredibly hard to distupt and overtake an established firm like this, and that it's a fool's errand to hope politics, something that most users are not using the service for, is what does them in.

If nothing else, the simple fact that social media has never been and will never be profitable will eventually take sites like Twitter out.

 

[Robovski]

If nothing else, the simple fact that social media has never been and will never be profitable will eventually take sites like Twitter out.

God I can only hope so. Nothing positive I have had from social media has been worth the cost to society, and those positives were possible through boards, blogs, and other services.