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demmiblue

(36,845 posts)
Tue Apr 23, 2019, 06:03 PM Apr 2019

Trump complained about his follower count in White House meeting with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey

Source: WaPo

President Trump on Tuesday met privately with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, a huddle at the White House between one of the site’s most prolific users and an executive who’s faced criticism for the way Twitter has handled the president’s tweets.

The meeting comes as Trump continues to attack the tech industry, threatening to regulate Facebook, Google and Twitter out of concern that they censor conservatives online — allegations that those companies fiercely deny. The president’s latest salvo came hours before meeting with Dorsey: Trump again singled out Twitter for playing “political games" and tampering with his nearly 60 million followers.

A significant portion of the meeting focused on Trump’s concerns that Twitter quietly, and deliberately, had removed some of his followers, according to a person with direct knowledge of the conversation who requested anonymity because it was private. Trump said he had heard from fellow conservatives who had lost followers as well.

But Twitter long has explained that follower figures fluctuate as the company takes action to remove fraudulent spam accounts. In the meeting, Dorsey stressed that point, noting even he had lost followers as part of Twitter’s work to enforce its policies, according to the source.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/04/23/trump-meets-with-twitter-ceo-jack-dorsey-white-house/

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Trump complained about his follower count in White House meeting with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey (Original Post) demmiblue Apr 2019 OP
All your guys were russkie bots, mein blubbrinfuhrer. Mc Mike Apr 2019 #1
We need Turbineguy Apr 2019 #2
Bunch of winger Nazis! machoneman Apr 2019 #3
A significant portion of the meeting focused on Trump's concerns that Twitter had removed .... riversedge Apr 2019 #4
He still maintains... SergeStorms Apr 2019 #15
People should duforsure Apr 2019 #5
THIS is how POTUS spends his time??? Biden, Harris, Buttigieg, Warren, etc: Auggie Apr 2019 #6
"Me, Me, Me!" - Trump everyday. TeamPooka Apr 2019 #7
I swear some of this stuff is from The Onion. llmart Apr 2019 #8
I guess we are supposed to accept that this BS is the BigmanPigman Apr 2019 #12
I will never accept this as normal. NEVER. llmart Apr 2019 #13
Drumph is extremely insecure and paranoid. Scary combination with nuclear codes. Evolve Dammit Apr 2019 #9
They're still harping on this shit? Initech Apr 2019 #10
Knowing Jack... He'll probably mandate if you're in the US, you'll have to follow Trump ck4829 Apr 2019 #11
jaysus fucking keerist Kali Apr 2019 #14
A POTUS worried about his twitter follower count NYMinute Apr 2019 #16

machoneman

(4,007 posts)
3. Bunch of winger Nazis!
Tue Apr 23, 2019, 06:39 PM
Apr 2019

Wow, all the senior Nazi staff couldn't trump Trump on feeding b.s. to their followers!

riversedge

(70,205 posts)
4. A significant portion of the meeting focused on Trump's concerns that Twitter had removed ....
Tue Apr 23, 2019, 07:01 PM
Apr 2019

Trump is supposed to be concerned about the nation--yet he spends his time crying about losing followers. Damn him!!



..............A significant portion of the meeting focused on Trump’s concerns that Twitter quietly, and deliberately, had removed some of his followers,

SergeStorms

(19,201 posts)
15. He still maintains...
Wed Apr 24, 2019, 03:24 AM
Apr 2019

that the crowd at his inauguration was the largest in history. Trump's mental meter is stuck on "stupid", and it's not going to change. Ever.

Auggie

(31,169 posts)
6. THIS is how POTUS spends his time??? Biden, Harris, Buttigieg, Warren, etc:
Tue Apr 23, 2019, 07:11 PM
Apr 2019

file away for later. Spread this far and wide in the debates.

llmart

(15,536 posts)
8. I swear some of this stuff is from The Onion.
Tue Apr 23, 2019, 07:22 PM
Apr 2019

When have we ever as a country had this level of immaturity in the White House?

Initech

(100,068 posts)
10. They're still harping on this shit?
Tue Apr 23, 2019, 07:46 PM
Apr 2019

They're the ones making racist and sexist memes and tweets and repeatedly breaking the rules. You can't break the rules all the time and expect to maintain your member status, it doesn't work that way.

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