Remember GETTR, the latest Twitter clone to promise free speech that launched last year? Download-wise, it had a spike on launch but downloads mainly declined until a couple of weeks ago, podcaster extraordinaire Joe Rogan tweeted a link to his new GETTR profile and said "Join me on GETTR".
And his followers followed! Downloads in the US spiked the next day by a factor of 50, going from an average of 2,000 downloads a day to over 105K on January 3rd, a day after the tweet. They kept going strong for about a week. That added about 300K new mobile users to the platform in the US, according to our estimates.
But Joe's not done yet!
After a few weeks on the platform, Joe is no longer happy about it. In an interview, he said he wants to leave because they lie about follower counts but can't figure out how to close the account.
Turns out GETTR's follower count includes the Twitter follower count for profiles that belong to the same person. I want to use an emoji here, but there are too many options to choose from.
GETTR confirmed they do it because "soon" they'll be adding the ability to cross-post. I have a feeling Twitter won't like that too much.
Say what you will about Joe Rogan, but at least he says what he thinks.
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