Biden Campaign Joins Truth Social to Troll Trump: ‘Converts Welcome!’
Biden Campaign Joins Truth Social to Troll Trump: ‘Converts Welcome!’
The Biden campaign has joined Truth Social, the social media company founded by Donald Trump, to troll Biden's once and likely future general election opponent.
“We just joined Truth Social, mostly because we thought it would be very funny,” it explained. “Follow us there for truths and retruths or whatever they call them.”
Watch how quickly the platform known for its “fReEdUm oF sPeEcH” bans any and all posts by Biden’s campaign.
This goes all the way back to the_donald. To them, censorship does not exist if you scream "free speach" as loud as possible.
This is a hilariously big-dick move. Biden gets to put his agenda right in conservatives faces and all the yelling they will do in the comments are just yelling into the echo chamber but there's a non-zero chance that at least one person changes their mind from it which is a total win for almost no effort.
Bonus: there will be credible threats to Biden, which means secret service get to enjoy enrichment activities.
I like the idea of Secret Service enrichment activities being exactly like dog enrichment. They just release a bunch of Government mooks into a room with some of those doggie treats puzzles, but I stead of beggin strips, it's full of domestic terrorists addresses.
The credible threats were coming from inside the house....
Sorta /s
Big dick move against the guy with small hands!
Well that'll just make it look even bigger.
Dark Brandon’s about to drop some truths.
Hope he post videos doing pushups shirtless.
Remember when Donnie shared his physician's report that said he was a man whose "physical strength and stamina are extraordinary"?
To be honest, physical virility isn't that important to me.
The only reason that aspect matters to me re:trump is that he claims to be healthy and of certain dimensions, but clearly isn't.
No matter what your physical self is, as long as you don't pretend to be fuckin superman, you can have my vote if I can get on board with your policies.
I love that their first posts are just highlight reels of Trump saying dumb shit and other Republicans absolutely trashing him.
Literally endorsing the opposition’s propaganda platform is bold as it gets now I guess
Honestly I think it's fine, smart, and like they said, a little bit funny.
If some portion of Trump's audience is on Truth Social, it makes a reasonable amount of sense to go there with targeted messaging for them. Posting clips of Republicans complimenting Biden or criticizing Trump is a good way to stir up a bit of division amongst Republicans, and it shows that the Democrats aren't afraid of Trump's echo chamber.
On the plus side, it won't be long before they get banned for trashing Trump, and that'll only show what completely spineless bitch asses the far right are.
I doubt Biden will get banned. It'd be much better to just shadowban or at least limit the amount of exposure. You accomplish the same thing without looking like you are censoring.
Banning will give lots of Republicans cognitive dissonance since this platform and other right wing platforms that are slowly being legitimized like Rumble heavily use free speech in their marketing.
Easy to ban and ignore regular people, but banning a president will inevitably end up on the news. Maybe Trump will decide that the media exposure will be good anyways, though. Any PR is good PR has essentially been Trump's main strategy since 2015.
Yeah, and what happens when the doors to their echo chamber are opened? Will they get pissed that there's people that don't think like them and leave? I dunno, but it should be entertaining.
About as good of a endorsement as taking the stage at a Trump rally and laughing into the mic indefinitely while they boo. That is to say, it makes a fun story but it's not exactly a endorsement.
I mean, I’ve already seen comments alleging users here joining to watch, which is bringing traffic and engagement so the platform is being fed. That’s really all I’m on about, it’s minute but it’s all I thought of when I saw this.
Couple of hours ago I saw video on yt with title "Biden joins Truth Social. THEY ARE DESPERATE" I didn't watch the video so idk what was acually said. Some years ago I watched conservative content. Even though I dont watch it at all anymore I still sometimes get shit like this in my homepage.
Yup, I watched part of a Tim Cast (never heard of him before the yt recommendation, nor consumed any similar content previously) video, a lot of it was unhinged and I clicked out quickly with the ramping hatred intensity and rage baiting.
It took like a year for yt to stop recommending me similar far alt-right bullshit because I watched maybe five or ten minutes of a Tim Cast video
You don't have to click on a far-right video. You can also get them when you click on a progressive video, or a medical video, or a gaming video.
When Amazon first introduced their "People who liked X also liked Y" feature, it was hilariously easy to manipulate. You could just spam links back and forth and within a few minutes, "People who liked The King James Bible also like A Hand in the Bush: The Lost Art of Vaginal Fisting".
It didn't take too long for them to put a stop to it but decades later, are we actually sure content suggestion algorithms are any better at withstanding manipulation?
The far-right aren't exactly good people so I doubt they're saying "Sure, I openly celebrate mass shooters that target minorities but I draw the line at using sleazy techniques manipulate content suggestions".
I have a similar problem from watching firearm content on YouTube. YouTube just assumes I love right wing media because I'm interested in guns.
Lol does this mean it's okay to join the platform ironically? Because I am ready for the trolling!
Don't. It still gives them active users. One account is fine. If we all start doing it then they get to show actual growth. Investors don't care if it's ironic.
I'm actually happy to see this: The pushing of conservatives off silicon-valley platforms is magnifying the polarization in America because people went from algorithmic filter bubbles to true information bubbles.
Could potentially extend the life of this shit platform.
It doesn't matter. Nothing matters. It's social media. Don't fall into the trap of thinking that any of it means a damn. It's not real.
Nothing matters, you’re right. Everything that happens doesn’t matter after enough time . That’s irrelevant though and if you don’t want to discuss meaningless things then don’t post.
Yeah, but it's like money. It's all made up bs, but it does affect people's lives.
But it does mean a damn. Maybe not to you... But it means a lot to some people. Also, I'm not sure how any informed person can say "it doesn't matter" post Cambridge Analytica.
Could also potentially shorten it.
Yeah, it's validating and promoting it to some extent. Not that Twitter is much better these days, if that's the alternative.
I'm really happy to see this: The pushing of conservatives off silicon-valley platforms is magnifying the polarization in America because people went from algorithmic filter bubbles to true information bubbles. The Internet is very much bifurcated into conservative and liberal echo chambers. It's a small step but it's a step.
Wait, hold on a sec, what do they mean "Bidens likely opponent"? You mean to tell my, the Dems are gonna go with Biden again? I thought it was a one time thing, because they didn't have anyone else, and that in four years they'll find someone.
It's a shame that the best Democrat candidate for 2024 is an eighty year old man. Not saying he is senile or whatever, but why 80? Can't even wrap my head around this shit.
That would have been the case had Trump faded away at all. Unfortunately, he has as much support as he ever did. Now the logic is that the person most likely to defeat Trump is the person who has already defeated him once before.
This is dumb. Don't stoop to his level. This is why America is so divided.
You gotta do more reading, homie. Joining a social media site is hardly what divided America haha
this isn't why America is divided what lol. It's divided because of misinformation and an education system that is totally failed so critical thinking is fucked.
It's divided because people believe every whacked out conspiracy theory and even policy makers make policy on said conspiracies.
It's divided because the super wealthy want to remain in power and it's easy for them since money is allowed in politics.
Biden joining Truth Social is just plain comedy.