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Yup and it might backfire in twitter's face because now apparently there is a mass exodus of conservatives going to platforms like parler. It is very likely that Trump will switch platforms and that will bring pressure on the stock price.

I sold my TWTR shares and advise others to do the same.

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I’m sure there exist those that soooo very much want this to affect Twitter’s stock price. But the reality is more likely that the number of those deleting their accounts and moving to Parler isn’t even a rounding error; floating point math on computers isn’t that precise.

The next quarterly will be interesting to see what actually went on. DAU will be key.

What is the point of going to Parler if you are just talking to each other and agreeing ? Value of Twitter is that you are reaching a broader audience

They are under a (false) impression that they are the majority and when everyone moves to Parler the broader audience will be on their platform. And twitter will become a place where the left is just talking to each other and agreeing. Of course, as we can all see the reality is completely opposite. On any conservative platform you'll find a narrow audience discussing only one thing - politics. And it's boring to discuss only politics, even to them.

What's the point of twitter if your favorite commentators aren't even on there? That's the issue. There will likely be a mass exodus of other conservative commentators to parler.

For someone like Trump with a bruised ego, being welcomed by everyone like a religious figure can be very appealing I think.

Do you see the irony in your comment?

Echo, meet chamber.

No, I don’t see the irony. Can you elaborate? Twitter will still have ~some conservatives ~, media, tech people, CEOs, athletes, global politicians etc. Parler will only have conservative politicians and their supporters from the US

I shouldn't have to explain, but if Twitter is drained of conservative thought then it also becomes a political echo chamber of the left.

I'd rather see folks talking even if they don't agree than not talking at all. When you're talking you're not fighting.

Parler will be a much bigger echo chamber than Twitter. That’s my point

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