John Gruber writing about Trump’s new blog:
He should have had a blog like this all along. This is exactly why being kicked off Twitter and suspended from Facebook doesn’t silence or censor Trump, in the same way that being banned from a restaurant doesn’t starve someone.
@manton “looked much like a Twitter feed” and “quasi-court” are probably in the dystopian playbook.
@manton I laugh when people getting kicked out of a closed "platform" then discover the magic of having a blog. :)
@zsbenke Maybe he'll end up liking it! 🙂 But I think he can't resist the megaphone and amplification of platforms like Twitter.
@manton remember when I asked you how long before a major politician gets a micro.blog? You must be relieved this wasn't the first! When folks see Dons, and Dom Cummings's over here 🇬🇧, I think there'll be a wave of new politician blogs, and surely some will go M.b.
@w4rner I still consider it a blog, but it is definitely half-baked. I love the like buttons that don't actually do anything!
@manton @w4rner he's got his own 'micro' blog there! I also wondered why he didn't go for a more centralised blog earlier... I'd imagine this took someone about 2mins to set-up on his site. He literally could have said in his departure speech - follow me @ donaldjtrump.com/desk (though, that said, maybe he might've been censored...).