The MAGA social network landscape is becoming more crowded than the non-MAGA networks.On Thursday, associates of Donald Trump launched a new social media site called GETTR. It was quickly overrun by white supremacists and porn. Jason Miller, a former Trump spokesperson and aide, founded the platform. Tim Murtaugh is another consultant. The Daily Beast reported that Guo Wengui (an exiled billionaire Chinese entrepreneur and associate of former Trump advisor Steve Bannon) provided funding early for GETTR. The former president is not part of the venture. Reports indicate that he does not plan to open an account or purchase a financial stake in GETTR. It doesn't appear likely that he will change his mind, given the extent of the depravity on the site.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementGETTR is a bit like Twitter but with more racism and less functionality. You will see a list of posts from the accounts you follow. This is the main interface. You can import your Twitter content to GETTR when you set up your account. The platform appears to be reserving prominent conservative handles on Twitter for those who wish to join. You can't claim the handle @realDonaldTrump. Miller said to Politico that the former president will make his own decision. It is there and available for him should he decide. We would be happy to have that. He has an account that is reserved for him, but he must decide. Kelli Ward, Arizona Republican Party chairwoman, and Sean Parnell, Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate have already set up accounts. GETTRs promotional photo showing a user called Cameron Miily. However, he reportedly uses a stock image of a Kazakhstani woman.AdvertisementAdvertisementGETTR's appeal is its looser approach to moderation. This is a common complaint from right-wingers about mainstream social media. However, they seem to thrive there. GETTR allows for content that many MAGA supporters wouldn't like. Mother Jones Ali Breland reported that the first day of GETTR's online existence was filled with crude photoshopped images of Hillary Clinton's head on a naked woman's body and hentai. Some users are also trying to hijack #QAnon's hashtag by posting outr porn and a photo of a pig with large balls. Twitter and Facebook are two of the most popular mainstream platforms. They use automated systems to censor and remove pornography. GETTRs terms and service state that it reserves the rights to remove obscene or pornographic material. However, they don't seem to have a comparable automated system.AdvertisementTerms of service on the platform also state that it does not want to censor opinions and holds freedom of speech to be its core value. However, it prohibits hateful, racist, or other objectionable material. Users are known to spam feeds with racist epithets and endorsements by Hitler. Hashtags that include slurs are also getting a lot of attention on the platform. GETTR took the initiative to suspend the account of Tim Gionet (also known as Baked Alaska), a prominent white supremacist who was allegedly involved in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. A far-right celebrity Nick Fuentes claimed to be the account. The platform is reportedly also suspending some of his followers. His first post to GETTR was entitled, Shalom Groypers. It is time to violate the TOS [terms and conditions]." GETTR is also seeing an increase in anti-vaccine misinformation as well as conspiracy theories regarding the 2020 election.AdvertisementAdvertisementThe former president and his supporters tried to find a new home for social media after almost every major platform banned or suspended Trump for postings that they deemed encouraging the Capitol riot. Trump and his team had been in negotiations over the past year to allow him to join Parler and Gab, which are conservative-leaning platforms. However, the negotiations ended in vain. Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in law, intervened to stop him joining the platforms because he felt they werent being managed well. In case Trump decides to join, the two websites have made sure that Trump has access to their accounts. In his first attempt to make a comeback on social networking, the former president created a bogus microblog that was connected to his official website. However, he ended up closing the blog due to low readership and jokes about him. He joined Rumble, a YouTube clone that is popular among conservatives, to livestream his rally in Ohio. He has also teased the launch of his platform to compete against Facebook. However, details about the project are scarce.
