There is no good reason to not use both this supposedly new platform, and also Gab.
The point is to spread your message to as many people as possible, which means being service agnostic. Use them all. Each tool has its own best use case.
For ordinary people, I agree. But for Trump, whose every move and every word makes headlines, and who may be in the process of trying to launch a free-speech social media platform of his own, it definitely would not make sense to start using Gab right now. And the people who have convinced him to keep quiet during this critical time period, not just refraining from social media posting, but from any direct public communication, are giving him good advice.
There is no good reason to not use both this supposedly new platform, and also Gab.
The point is to spread your message to as many people as possible, which means being service agnostic. Use them all. Each tool has its own best use case.
For ordinary people, I agree. But for Trump, whose every move and every word makes headlines, and who may be in the process of trying to launch a free-speech social media platform of his own, it definitely would not make sense to start using Gab right now. And the people who have convinced him to keep quiet during this critical time period, not just refraining from social media posting, but from any direct public communication, are giving him good advice.
He shouldn't be posting anything during the pending litigation.
However once that is over and he has internet presence again, there is absolutely no reason not to publish content to multiple services.
One message, spread over multiple services. This is how major brands do it. This is how other politicians do it.