File:TheDonald.win Logo.png | |
File:TheDonald.win Home page screenshot.png | |
Type of site | Forum |
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URL | https://TheDonald.win |
Advertising | None |
Commercial | No |
Registration | Required to post, comment, and upvote/downvote |
Launched | November 21st, 2019 |
Written in | Java, Spring framework |
TheDonald.win is an independent far-right internet forum where community participants create discussions and memes supportive of U.S. president Donald Trump.[1][2] It was created as a successor to r/The_Donald after the subreddit was quarantined by Reddit in June 2019. Registered members submit content to the site such as links, text posts, and images, which are then voted up by other members.
As of August 11, 2020, TheDonald.win ranks as the 1,195th most visited website in the United States and 6,474th worldwide, according to Alexa Internet.[3] The website has been labelled "a magnet for extreme discourse" by the Financial Times.[1]
Site Overview
TheDonald.win is a website comprising user-generated content in a bulletin board system. Similar to Reddit, users can upvote or downvote posts and comments. Upon upvoting a post, an animation of bricks being laid appears, followed by a picture of Donald Trump, a reference to Donald Trump's campaign promise to construct a much larger and fortified border wall.
Popularity
According to the site administrators, TheDonald.win receives double the number of pageviews r/The_Donald received before it was shut down.[4]
Origins
TheDonald.win was created on November 21, 2019, by moderators of r/The_Donald. After Reddit quarantined r/The_Donald, moderators of the subreddit promoted TheDonald.win through the use of sticky posts. Moderators touted the site as a backup to the subreddit in the event that it was banned. The promotion caused the site to rapidly gain users. Another surge of users was caused on June 29, 2020, when the subreddit was banned by Reddit in a purge of around 2000 communities.[5]
The website has been likened to Gab and 8kun insomuch as it was created in response to "pressure from mainstream sites to adhere to content policies around hate speech".[2]
References
- ^ a b Venkataramakrishnan, Siddharth (11 August 2020). "Far-right finds new online home in TheDonald.win". Financial Times. Retrieved 11 August 2020. (Subscription required.)
- ^ a b Fischer, Sare (26 November 2019). "The next pro-Trump social media network". Axios. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ "thedonald.win Competitive Analysis, Marketing Mix and Traffic". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Win is winning: did Reddit really think they could kill us? - The Donald". thedonald.win. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
- ^ Roose, Kevin (2020-06-30). "Reddit's C.E.O. on Why He Banned 'The_Donald' Subreddit". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-08-06.