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{{Infobox website |
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| name = TheDonald.win |
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| logo = File:TheDonald.win Logo.png |
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| logo_caption = Logo of TheDonald.win, visible on the top of every page |
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| screenshot = TheDonald.win Home page screenshot.png |
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| caption = Screenshot of TheDonald.win on August 5th, 2020 |
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| type = Forum |
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| website = https://TheDonald.win |
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| alexa = 6,474 {{increase}} |
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| advertising = None |
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| commercial = No |
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| registration = Required to post, comment, and upvote/downvote |
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| launch_date = November 21st, 2019 |
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| programming_language = Java, Spring framework |
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'''TheDonald.win''' is an independent ] ] where community participants create discussions and ]s supportive of ] ].<ref name="FT coverage">{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/23f4d7fe-a478-410d-9d03-d5526b6753d1|title=Far-right finds new online home in TheDonald.win|first=Siddharth|last=Venkataramakrishnan|date=11 August 2020|website=]|access-date=11 August 2020}} {{paywall|s}}</ref><ref name="Axios">{{cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/donald-trump-social-network-reddit-censorship-e0f38e5c-f911-4a24-9552-3afb0f56e4e4.html|title=The next pro-Trump social media network|first=Sare|last=Fischer|date=26 November 2019|website=]|access-date=12 August 2020}}</ref> It was created as a successor to ] after the subreddit was quarantined by ] 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. |
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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 ].<ref name="Alexa Rank">{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=thedonald.win Competitive Analysis, Marketing Mix and Traffic|url=https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/thedonald.win|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=2020-08-11|website=|publisher=Alexa Internet}}</ref> The website, which has been labelled "a magnet for extreme discourse" by the ],<ref name="FT coverage" /> was created following a push from Reddit administrators to ensure that communities "adhere to content policies around hate speech".<ref name="Axios" /> |
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==Site Overview== |
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TheDonald.win is a website comprising ] in a ]. 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 ]. |
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==Origins== |
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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 ]. 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.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Roose|first=Kevin|date=2020-06-30|title=Reddit’s C.E.O. on Why He Banned ‘The_Donald’ Subreddit|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/30/us/politics/reddit-bans-steve-huffman.html|access-date=2020-08-06|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> |
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The website has been likened to ] and ] insomuch as it was created in response to "pressure from mainstream sites to adhere to content policies around hate speech".<ref name="Axios" /> |
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