First, it will allow for the festering of ideals that have been spread throughout more extreme members of the Republican Party. This will only be made worse by confirmation bias, particularly with dangerous alt-right commentary.

Second, the platform propagates what is supposed to be “truth.” In a press release by TMTG, Trump said, “I’m excited to send out my first TRUTH on TRUTH Social very soon.” This can pose a problem because of the subjectivity that it invites surrounding information. No matter the content, it soon becomes “truth” because everyone else shared the same “truth.” And with a large portion of the Republican Party still holding on to ideas spread by Trump during his presidency, allowing for often inaccurate comments to be shared and then considered the “truth” will create a larger division within the party and push more people to its fringes.

The third problem with the new social network is that it will further chip away at the Republican Party being viewed as a serious party, or a party meant to sustain the future. If the public perception, especially among young people, is that anything right of center is out of touch or extreme, then this platform will reinforce that. We will not be taken seriously if we’ve retreated into a bubble of selective information and affirmations. Embracing Truth Social will be another point against the Republican Party and its fight for redemption in the eyes of the public.