Twitter is unique and came about due to specific circumstances at a particular time. It cannot be reproduced. Even if a similar service, such as Gab, grew to the same prominence, it would not be the same as Twitter even if progressives managed to capture it, as is obvious in the case of Gab.
Patrick Little was a famous case. Very openly anti-jew person running for political office. Gab chose to censor him off their platform. Gab's owner has since shifted to adopt more openly anti-jewish users and even retweeted some interesting posts. Gab's owner never apologized and invited Patrick Little back. It's a small gesture that would go a long way to increase trust in Gab.
Twitter is unique and came about due to specific circumstances at a particular time. It cannot be reproduced. Even if a similar service, such as Gab, grew to the same prominence, it would not be the same as Twitter even if progressives managed to capture it, as is obvious in the case of Gab.
gab could have gotten bigger than twitter but they chose to censor. why use gab when I can go get censored on a bigger site if I'm ok with that?
Patrick Little was a famous case. Very openly anti-jew person running for political office. Gab chose to censor him off their platform. Gab's owner has since shifted to adopt more openly anti-jewish users and even retweeted some interesting posts. Gab's owner never apologized and invited Patrick Little back. It's a small gesture that would go a long way to increase trust in Gab.