@GossiTheDog Best part is that someone actually believed that a Twitter clone for conservatives would be a viable business.

@GossiTheDog Put one on the board for Musk, I guess.

@GossiTheDog I first thought the logo was some kind of galleon sinking in the ocean but it seems to be a person rowing while sitting in a waterlogged canoe. I'm not sure which is worse.

@GossiTheDog must have been a big blow when Trump backed Troth Truth Senchal instead of just joining Parler like his fellow GOPers did.

@GossiTheDog owning the libs isn't anywhere near as much fun when there aren't any libs around

@GossiTheDog that was an odd thing to keep in the press release. 😂

@GossiTheDog sadly it looks like it’s just temporary.

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@GossiTheDog I'm not sure what to make of the statement. Sounds like maybe they are just gonna be a cloud host for right-wing hate sites that keep getting driven off other platforms?

@GossiTheDog Did Kanye buy that shit?

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@GossiTheDog "No reasonable person believes that a Twitter clone just for Conservatives is a viable business model anymore."

It never was a viable business model. New platforms need distinguishing features out of the gate (a "Conservative safe haven" is not one) and need a long-term viability plan. Clones just attract users who were banned from mainstream platforms and users who had little/no following already.

I imagine the other "free speech" platforms will have a similar fate to Parler.

@GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social 🤣 whats the point of a ​:birdsite:​ clone if it does not federate?

@GossiTheDog YEAH!! I know some want Twitter to stay, but I hope it's next.

@GossiTheDog it sounds like...they were better at selling time on their cloud resources to other people instead of running their own product on it?

@GossiTheDog Is it just me or can I not find ANYTHING about starboard.co formerly olympicmedia.com or their respective business entities?

Like they have a few business index entries (Olympic does) but they're listed as a few dozen employees, a few hundred $k to a few million in revenue.

Doesn't seem like a "huge conglomerate" to me. Seems more like someone bought a legit but unknown, lowkey existing corporation to fold a social media company *into*.