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good decision by Twitter. What would Trump do without it? Serious question...what if Trump lost access to Twitter? What's the alternative?
1 posted on 01/05/2018 4:01:44 PM PST by be-baw
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2 posted on 01/05/2018 4:03:24 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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“our bank account said NOOOOO!!”


3 posted on 01/05/2018 4:03:38 PM PST by digger48
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What's the alternative?

Someone starting up a competing service without political censorship. Trump's 65M subscribers are likely a very mobile customer base and will follow wherever he flitters off to, to the ruin of Twitter.

Twitter has a lot of negative baggage. They don't want to give a competitor a quaranteed 65M subscriber base on startup.

4 posted on 01/05/2018 4:05:02 PM PST by AndyJackson
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what if Trump lost access to Twitter? What's the alternative?

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5 posted on 01/05/2018 4:05:18 PM PST by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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Well, Trump can't post here. We already have enough n00Bs.

Seriously? He'd find another social medium which would instantly rocket to number 1 in the world. I don't Tweet but I'd subscribe to that one. And so would everybody else. And the PTB at Twitter know it.

6 posted on 01/05/2018 4:05:45 PM PST by Billthedrill
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F##k “Twitter”

Who is the actual PERSON responsible for making decisons on their censorship.

Failing to identify the target is getting old.


7 posted on 01/05/2018 4:08:15 PM PST by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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good decision by Twitter. What would Trump do without it?

An equally relevant question would be what would happen to Twitter without Trump?

Trump is the only reason Twitter remains relevant.

Which is why I suspect Twitter begrudgingly leaves @RealDonaldTrump alone.



8 posted on 01/05/2018 4:13:30 PM PST by Vision Thing (You see the depths of our hearts, and You love us the same...)
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If Twitter dumped Trump, there would be an alternate service overnight.

During the following six month Twitter would lose 25% of it’s base, or more.


9 posted on 01/05/2018 4:14:04 PM PST by DoughtyOne (McConnell, Ryan, and the whole GOPe are dead to me. Are Alabamans tired of winning?)
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He shouldn’t not be banned because he is a world leader but because what he tweets is the truth.


10 posted on 01/05/2018 4:14:10 PM PST by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election!)
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also,we would tear twitter a new A$$ hole.


11 posted on 01/05/2018 4:14:28 PM PST by raiderboy ( "...if we have to close down our government, weÂ’re building that wall")
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Twitter could not pay for that kind of publicity — having POTUS as one of their daily tweeters.

If they tried to ban him, their follow-ship would drop by millions. Sort of like what the NFL is experiencing but afraid to admit.

That is drives the Libs crazy is just a bonus for the rest of us.


12 posted on 01/05/2018 4:22:44 PM PST by TomGuy
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So refreshing!

13 posted on 01/05/2018 4:24:56 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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.....”Blocking a world leader from Twitter or removing their controversial Tweets, would hide important information people should be able to see and debate....

There are also other people who are not world leaders—and who may be subject to Twitter’s blocking policies—who present important information!!!!

Get with it, Twitter! PHOOEY!!!!


14 posted on 01/05/2018 4:25:07 PM PST by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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Twitter would lose out to the free-for-all GAB

https://gab.ai/home

and Pres. Trump would be gutty enough to go there.


17 posted on 01/05/2018 4:30:46 PM PST by stylin19a (Best.Election.of.All-Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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Translation: we couldn’t survive the hit to our bottom line. Trump is VERY good for Twitter’s business.


19 posted on 01/05/2018 4:36:24 PM PST by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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Because he has the power to kill them financially.


23 posted on 01/05/2018 4:49:17 PM PST by snarkytart
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Everything Trump said in that tweet is true. Leftists are a deranged group and wrongheaded.

good decision by Twitter. What would Trump do without it? Serious question...what if Trump lost access to Twitter? What's the alternative?

There are other Internet platforms that Trump would go to if the Twits banned him and millions would go with him. They at Twit recognize this fact losing out.

24 posted on 01/05/2018 4:59:54 PM PST by Red Steel
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Twitter won’t ban President Trump because they like the ad revenue.

5.56mm


28 posted on 01/05/2018 5:21:15 PM PST by M Kehoe
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Build his own version of Twitter. He’s got enough money and the balls to do it, and he could call it “Trumper”.


31 posted on 01/05/2018 5:29:11 PM PST by Liberal Anti Venom (Freedom exists not to do what you like, but having the right to do what you ought. ~John Paul II~)
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Trump getting banned from Twitter and jumping could be a great way to jumpstart a new conservative social media site.


33 posted on 01/05/2018 5:46:39 PM PST by LeoTDB69
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