Today was the first day of trading on the stock exchange since Twitter announced that President Trump (and others) had been banned for life from their social media platform. Twitter’s stock, after plunging double digits after the opening, ended up down over six percent by the closing bell:
CNBC: Twitter shares close down more than 6% in first trading day after Trump ban
— Josh Caplan (@joshdcaplan) January 11, 2021
Twitter stock is still down almost 7% after it banned President Trump and purged conservatives.
— Cassandra (@CassyWearsHeels) January 11, 2021
Twitter stock dropped 6% today. Are you paying attention @jack ? https://t.co/FoPsqx2oWo
— John Simmons (@Johnsimmons1009) January 11, 2021
Over the weekend we told you about Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey mocking the fact that Parler had been removed from the Apple app store, and as a result was no longer the number one downloaded app:
— jack (@jack) January 10, 2021
As it turns out, two tech people can play the trolling game. The social networking service Gab tweeted this as Twitter’s stock was dropping earlier in the day:
https://twitter.com/getongab/status/1348650975225995265
OOF.
Chances are they'll keep hemorrhaging money… https://t.co/amOndTxjLz
— Herr Doctor Kaiser-Elect Reuenthal (@OscarVReuenthal) January 11, 2021
I am LOVING Gab's super trolling?❤ https://t.co/J3JntMZNV5
— Mary- ImpeachDisNutz (@maryh4751) January 11, 2021
Censoring free speech is costly. Hopefully Gab takes over. https://t.co/BOnwTCx0dM
— JustAnotherPatriot (@FreeDem15) January 11, 2021
LOL. Get woke, go broke. https://t.co/fBX18k9Hik
— Numberonepal (@numberonepal) January 11, 2021
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