Was just watching Brett baier 1/22/20 on YouTube had some dem talking and someone screamed from the gallery. I can't make out what they say did anyone else catch it?

Serious question - everyone hates the lib ownership and moderation of existing tech platforms. Everyone says they want other options that actually respect non-leftist communities. But say something like that were actually developed, and just needed to grow and attract users. What would it take to actually get people to make the switch? I'm not talking about a niche single-topic platform like TD, but a much larger ecosystem like reddit itself, just run without the authoritarian mod practices. Genuinely open to opinions on this.

Likely it would have to be just like anything else that has blown up in the past, like FB, reddit, twitter, etc. Popular things take hold when enough people subscribe/use them. It would literally require the same type of thing

thats the chicken/egg thing im wondering about. if no one is there, there is no content. if tere is no content, no one will join.

seems like twitter and reddit grew from a dedicated initial user base, im just wondering if anyone has any ideas of how to create that early adopter user base.

it kinda has to have a unique defining characteristic. FB was like myspace but official looking, twitter was instant and short news and random shit, IG was photos

do you think a memer-friendly/gamer-friendly vibe and design would fit the bill? something with a more 'for us by us' zoomer brand to it?

i feel like theyre the crowd i would really need to reach. early adopters, more countercultural attitudes toward the current social trends, etc. but i have no idea how to reach out and generate interest. im thinking about esports sponsorship or funding tournaments. not sure if thats a good idea or not?

All I know is, if your idea gets you rich, remember me

honestly riches are not the goal here. trying to gettir done for the sake of humanity.

thats actually a pretty good idea. i might go full invite-only, and create a wait-list rather than an open signup.

i think gamers would be great early adopters. might have to look more into sponsoring LoL tournaments and the like.

probably makes sense to only do the rollout/beta once youve reached ~5k wait listers. that way you get a surge of traffic that can kickstart things, instead of a trickle.

yeah i remember the facebook initial days. i was a blue collar kid and idnt go to college til much later, so was pissed off they shut me out lol

eSports not best thing to redpill. Cos all the games are part owned/owned by china. So they will not do anything that goes against them

not too worried about china tbh

i have no idea how to appeal to the meme crowd though. think you need some pipehitting memers if you want any chance to succeed

the terms of service are clear that all contributions remain the property of the original poster. but not sure how to really incentivize people to join up, other than just developing a great UX.

the weighting is a good idea - i like that. i ditched the downvote to reduce bubble effects and mob rule type stuff that libs do on reddit

which would make implementing that algo simpler

yeah contests for sure. maybe meme contests, where users vote. im giving away money in fantasy prediction style contests, but even generating interest in that is tough

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it costs money to run large websites

people dont want to advertise with u if ur content seems edgy

then the libs wont sign up bc they will just call it republican4chan

or someone will say u censor lib commentary even if u dont and it just gets drown out by others

thats why the libs dont like Peterson even tho he isnt really right wing

cause he goes on right wing platforms

Anything remotely rational is right wing

dont want/need advertisers. corporations are much phagoot.

thats one lesson that is obvious - right of center needs to grass roots everything now. all corporations have been taken over by leftist hr departments who are terrified of controversy. so fuck em. do it ourselves.

Social media is too big a problem to tackle as a jumping off point

money must be pumped into the the platform to take hold

the issue for the right is that many conservative business owners are very risk averse and will not invest in untested tech startups in a significant way.

Start smaller, scratch your own itch, then invest in your ideas

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not sure i agree that its too big to tackle. a social media platform is a hell of a lot cheaper to kickstart than i think you realize. huge growth presents a challenge but not until you reach 1M+ users. (and thats one of those 'good' problems.) in the initial stages costs are very manageable - and i have plenty of money, thats not the issue. i dont need investors.

i just need to figure out how to reach that critical mass. but there were some good suggestions being thrown out earlier.

I have a question on the 'make America great again' slogan and a critique: How does Trump mean when he says MAGA when the history of the United States hasn't been the best. Veterans from both the world wars and Vietnam has been treated like shit when they returned and those coming back from prior his presidency has gotten minimal treatment and job opportunities. Minorities have a terrible history, having the 'war on drugs' being set-up to incarcerate them *knowingly* that it was an unfair, unethical and by today's standards illegal move that still has repercussions today. Our economy was terrible in the 1920s, the 60s and encouraged mobs and gangs with selling in the black/underground market. The housing crisis back in '08 caused many people thier homes and was also an economic downturn.

Should the slogan be "Make America Better" or something along those lines because despite as much as I respect the nation and our president I think the slogan is garnering a lot of criticism, and understandably so since American history has a lot of failures, sins and ''swamp'' that President Trump is working hard to clear up.

I have a question on the 'make America great again' slogan and a critique: How does Trump mean when he says MAGA when the history of the United States hasn't been the best. Veterans from both the world wars and Vietnam has been treated like shit when they returned and those coming back from prior his presidency has gotten minimal treatment and job opportunities. Minorities have a terrible history, having the 'war on drugs' being set-up to incarcerate them knowingly that it was an unfair, unethical and by today's standards illegal move that still has repercussions today. Our economy was terrible in the 1920s, the 60s and encouraged mobs and gangs with selling in the black/underground market. The housing crisis back in '08 caused many people thier homes and was also an economic downturn.

Should the slogan be "Make America Better" or something along those lines because despite as much as I respect the nation and our president I think the slogan is garnering a lot of criticism, and understandably so since American history has a lot of failures, sins and ''swamp'' that President Trump is working hard to clear up.

I have a question on the 'make America great again' slogan and a critique: How does Trump mean when he says MAGA when the history of the United States hasn't been the best. Veterans from both the world wars and Vietnam has been treated like shit when they returned and those coming back from prior his presidency has gotten minimal treatment and job opportunities. Minorities have a terrible history, having the 'war on drugs' being set-up to incarcerate them knowingly that it was an unfair, unethical and by today's standards illegal move that still has repercussions today. Our economy was terrible in the 1920s, the 60s and encouraged mobs and gangs with selling in the black/underground market. The housing crisis back in '08 caused many people thier homes and was also an economic downturn.

Should the slogan be "Make America Better" or something along those lines because despite as much as I respect the nation and our president I think the slogan is garnering a lot of criticism, and understandably so since American history has a lot of failures, sins and ''swamp'' that President Trump is working hard to clear up.