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Donald Trump has shut down his blog after just 29 days.Here's why experts previously told Insider that Trump's efforts to gain attention while banned from Twitter and Facebook were doomed to failure.Donald Trump's decision to shut down his blog after just 29 days, has been met with ridicule from many of his critics.
"It was more of a hassle than anything else and it wasn't getting as many views as the team would have liked,"Trump's close aide Jason Miller said Wednesday the move was a precursor to the former president joining another social media platform, and Miller has repeatedly said that Trump plans to launch his own social media platform in the near future.However, the truth is that the failure of Trump's blog was long predicted by experts.
"A challenge for Trump is that the most effective online engagement requires interaction," Peter Loge, associate professor school of media and public affairs at the George Washington University,"Fans want to feel as if they have a relationship with their favorite celebrity. These"parasocial relationships" are what keep fans coming back and buying more stuff," he said.
Social media interactions about Trump fell by around 91% between January and May, according to the social media intelligence agency Newswhip.
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