Topologies and Tribulations of Gettr : A month in the life of a new alt-network

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Abstract: On July 1, 2021, a new social network modeled after Twitter was launched by former Trump spokesman Jason Miller, with assistance and promotion by exiled Chinese businessman Miles Guo, form Trump strategist Steve Bannon, and others. Today, the Stanford Internet Observatory is releasing the first comprehensive analysis of the new platform. We chart the growth of Gettr over its first month, examining the user community, content, structure and dynamics. We also highlight some of the perils of launching such a network without trust and safety measures in place: the proliferation of gratuitous adult content, spam and, unfortunately, child exploitation imagery, all of which could be caught by cursory automated scanning systems.

Author	Thiel, David
Author	McCain, Miles

Subject	Gettr, moderation, social media
Genre	Text
Genre	Report

DOI	https://doi.org/10.25740/xn269fv2966
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/xn269fv2966

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Preferred citation: Thiel, D. and McCain, M. (2021). Topologies and Tribulations of Gettr : A month in the life of a new alt-network. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at https://purl.stanford.edu/xn269fv2966

Stanford Internet Observatory, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

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