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    From Jeff Thiele@1:387/26 to All on Wednesday, May 05, 2021 01:28:28
    Trump has launched his new social media platform and it is so... Trump.

    1. It's a blog.
    2. It promises "a place to speak freely and safely."
    3. Only Trump can post to it.
    4. Users are not allowed to comment on or reply to posts.
    5. It has a "contribute" link.
    6. Users can like posts, but not unlike them.
    7. Users can like a post multiple times, each time sending data to Team Trump. 8. The number of likes for any given post is not shown.
    9. The underlying software appears to be the same software that his 2020 campaign was based on.
    10. It has buttons allowing users to share Trump's posts to Facebook and Twitter despite his social media bans.

    The dude couldn't even manage a web-based BBS.

    Jeff.

    "For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." -- H. L. Mencken, who indeed was a racist thereby proving himself right.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Cold War Computing BBS (1:387/26)
  • From Aaron Thomas@1:275/99 to Jeff Thiele on Wednesday, May 05, 2021 11:19:03
    Trump has launched his new social media platform and it is so... Trump.

    I love it.

    DONALDJTRUMP.COM/DESK

    Hopefully he'll remove the /DESK page and just put everything on the homepage.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: CompuBBS | Ashburn VA | cfbbs.scinet-ftn.org (1:275/99)
  • From Gregory Deyss@1:267/150 to Jeff Thiele on Thursday, May 06, 2021 06:47:34
    On 05 May 2021, Jeff Thiele said the following...

    The dude couldn't even manage a web-based BBS.
    I will be sure to pass this along as a suggestion to the Trump Team and even promote this Fidonet messaging technology, as it does have a world-wide presence still. If they latch on to it, you and your other liberal friends will lose your collective minds as they will explode. It will be fun to watch the carnage from the safe distance of my comfy office chair.

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    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Capital Station BBS * telnet://csbbs.dyndns.org * (1:267/150)
  • From Jeff Thiele@1:387/26 to Gregory Deyss on Thursday, May 06, 2021 08:37:06
    On 06 May 2021, Gregory Deyss said the following...
    The dude couldn't even manage a web-based BBS.
    I will be sure to pass this along as a suggestion to the Trump Team and even promote this Fidonet messaging technology, as it does have a world-wide presence still. If they latch on to it, you and your other liberal friends will lose your collective minds as they will explode. It will be fun to watch the carnage from the safe distance of my comfy
    office chair.

    You do that. ;) They will manage to bungle it anyway. And if they start
    sending malformed messages through FidoNet... hoo boy, I wouldn't want to be them.

    Jeff.

    "For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." -- H. L. Mencken, who indeed was a racist thereby proving himself right.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Cold War Computing BBS (1:387/26)
  • From Jeff Thiele@1:387/26 to Aaron Thomas on Thursday, May 06, 2021 08:38:34
    On 05 May 2021, Aaron Thomas said the following...
    Trump has launched his new social media platform and it is so... Trum

    I love it.

    DONALDJTRUMP.COM/DESK

    You would; it's about as autocratic as it gets.

    Jeff.

    "For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." -- H. L. Mencken, who indeed was a racist thereby proving himself right.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Cold War Computing BBS (1:387/26)
  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Jeff Thiele on Friday, May 07, 2021 01:01:52
    Hello Jeff,

    Trump has launched his new social media platform and it is so...
    Trum

    I love it.

    DONALDJTRUMP.COM/DESK

    You would; it's about as autocratic as it gets.

    Every autocrat needs a foil -

    JEFFTHIELE.COM/DESKTOP

    --Lee

    --
    Stop Workin', Start Jerkin'

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  • From Jeff Thiele@1:387/26 to Lee Lofaso on Thursday, May 06, 2021 21:30:59
    On 07 May 2021, Lee Lofaso said the following...
    Trump has launched his new social media platform and it is so...
    I love it.
    DONALDJTRUMP.COM/DESK
    You would; it's about as autocratic as it gets.
    Every autocrat needs a foil -
    JEFFTHIELE.COM/DESKTOP

    Ha! I would prefer my social media platform to have actual socialization. Trump's is basically Twitter with only one user and no character limit.

    Jeff.

    "For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." -- H. L. Mencken, who indeed was a racist thereby proving himself right.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Cold War Computing BBS (1:387/26)
  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Jeff Thiele on Saturday, May 08, 2021 02:52:22
    Hello Jeff,

    Trump has launched his new social media platform and it is
    so...
    I love it.
    DONALDJTRUMP.COM/DESK
    You would; it's about as autocratic as it gets.
    Every autocrat needs a foil -
    JEFFTHIELE.COM/DESKTOP

    Ha! I would prefer my social media platform to have actual socialization. Trump's is basically Twitter with only one user and no character limit.

    Ah.
    The sound of one hand clapping.
    Too bad nobody else heard it but himself.

    --Lee

    --
    Coronovirus doesn't effect rats n snakes so most of u are safe.

    --- MesNews/1.08.05.00-gb
    * Origin: news://eljaco.se (2:203/2)