Donald Trump launches personal blog

[beschizza]

Originally published at: Donald Trump launches personal blog | Boing Boing

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[mr_raccoon]

So he couldn’t get a verified account on Stormfront?

[Dioptase1]

I expect lots of pictures of what he just ate and many musings on his efforts for personal growth.

[Otherbrother]

This article has some interesting notes on the coding of the site:

Donald Trump Is “Tweeting” Again (on His Sad, Sad Knockoff Platform)

“Liking” a post doesn’t seem to do anything other than turn the heart button red, since there’s no engagement counter, and unliking a post isn’t an option. Peeking at the site’s code, one of my colleagues on Slate’s development team did notice that the website is collecting data when users like certain posts. (It keeps sending data to the Trump team every time you click the button, even if you’ve already liked the post.)

It sounds to me like the designers knew that what Trump really wants is a mechanism to feed his ego, which is why you can just keep “liking” the same post over and over again. He needs those hearts!

[some_guy]

Oh shit! Was he kicked off blogspot too?

[AnthonyI]

I assume that Facebook said no to him coming back.

[gracchus]

Every time I see the blog’s title I’ll think of this photo:

[Pwr]

Yup https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/05/05/facebook-trump-decision/

[NukeML]

Yes.

Facebook Oversight Board rules to permanently ban Trump's account

[RickMycroft]

Facebook: DELETE TRUMP!

(Why not both?)

[Senorwences]

Couldn’t have happened to a bigger loser.

[WoolyBugger]

Long form written Trump rants?

Let’s just say I do not think this will last.

[Akimbo_NOT]

" …a blog that would let his dedicated fans disseminate short posts to the social media sites that have banned him." -TheHill

The propaganda machine churns back up…

[aLynHall]

If he was as wealthy and influential as he pretends he’d just buy into a tv network and schedule himself a couple hours a day. How much could OANN really be worth, anyway?

[RickMycroft]

It sounds like they’re live-testing on a production site. Who’s the IT team, Rudy and Mike?

[sluggo]

I predict he’ll actually get bored of it, if he writes anything himself.

How many blogs start breathlessly excited with regular well-written posts, then slowly devolve into emasculating, red faced tirades full of xenophobia, a failure to take responsibility for anything, and thinly veiled threats that could never be backed up with bravery or force, all while posturing as the greatest person ever to walk the earth.

I mean, that’s like every LiveJournal

[RickMycroft]

@sluggo

I mean, that’s like every LiveJournal

Including the connection to Russia!

[armozel]

So he’s doing the John C Dvorak angle now lol. trump dot org slash blog lololol

[dabeyc]

LOL from the tiny desk of donald j trump. thanks for reminding me.

[cepheus42]

They risk getting themselves banned if they copy and paste posts from his sad little blog about the big lie. But hey, I say, “what do you have to lose, Trump fans? Go for it!”

@sluggo

How many blogs start breathlessly excited with regular well-written posts, then slowly devolve into emasculating, red faced tirades full of xenophobia, a failure to take responsibility for anything, and thinly veiled threats that could never be backed up with bravery or force, all while posturing as the greatest person ever to walk the earth.

Thankfully I’ve MOSTLY managed to avoid that with mine (mostly… ahem). But I only blog when I feel like it, it’s not a “must do every day” thing, and I’m not really caring if I get views or money from it (which, yeah… I get neither, so right on track). But yeah, I’m pretty sure you’re right in this case.