The financial markets has not functioned in the way you think it functions for a long time.
Institutional investors (banks, mutual funds, hedge funds, etc.) control 80% of the market, while retail investors (people like you and me) controls 20%. You guys wanna take a guess as to who the institutional investors favor, by a long shot? Also, to get deeper into this, a lot of institutional investors are passive investors (ETFs), which means they just passively buy stocks, regardless of expected performance.
The takeaway from this is that if you think retail investors (you and me) can still have an impact on stock prices, you are being too idealistic.
Not to say that their stock prices won't drop a bit on Monday, but if you are expecting actual significant impact (drops of -10% or worse) on these companies, I wouldn't hold my breathe.
Edit: I do agree that longer term, we may be able to make a difference. But in the short-term, I wouldn't expect anything drastic so don't be disappointed. Hold steadfast and we may be able to see results in 1-2 years!
It would if all 80 million Trump supporters would get off their lazy duffs and drop them Nobody can lose 80 million users and it not show up somewhere.
So I agree in theory, but I'm highly doubtful that these numbers will even show up. The number of fake accounts on these sites are huge, and I wouldn't be surprised if they just make up millions of new ones to cover up for the conservatives who left.
I honestly don't think they would have made this move if they didn't have these contingencies planned already.
Don't get me wrong, I think they will still get their comeuppance, but it won't be in the short-term and it won't be from the financial markets...
Gab is saying they got 18 million users in 24 hours. That's a really good start: https://www.citizenfreepress.com/breaking/gab-reports-750-increase-in-traffic-18-million-visits-in-24-hours/
Totally. I think we'll see a rise in Gab and maybe Parlor or whatever new conservative sites there will be. I just don't think we'll see the equivalent decline in Twitter/Facebook.
If I were Jack or Mark, I would say something like "yeah, the conservatives created accounts in Gab, but they kept their accounts with us, and we offer a better platform with more of their social contacts so they'll use us predominately anyway".
Not sure I agree with you. The Communist Democrats are doing all the banning themselves. They're literally forcing Conservatives to do it, not waiting for Conservatives to do it:
GOP Rep: Twitter Banned At Least 60K Conservative Accounts https://thepalmierireport.com/gop-rep-twitter-banned-at-least-60k-conservative-accounts/