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Trump’s Truth Social launches in App Store with many waitlisted

  

Category:  News & Politics

Via:  hallux  •  2 years ago  •  15 comments

By:   SOURCE: REUTERS

Trump’s Truth Social launches in App Store with many waitlisted
Many users reported either having trouble registering for an account or were added to a waitlist.

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Donald Trump’s new social media venture, Truth Social, launched late on Sunday in Apple’s App Store, potentially marking the former president’s return to social media after he was banned from several platforms last year.

The app was available shortly before midnight ET (0500GMT) and was the top free app available on the App Store early Monday. Truth Social was automatically downloaded to Apple Inc devices of users who had pre-ordered the app.

Many users reported either having trouble registering for an account or were added to a waitlist with a message: “Due to massive demand, we have placed you on our waitlist.”

The app has been available for people invited to use it during its test phase, Reuters news agency previously reported.

Trump was banned from Twitter Inc, Facebook and Alphabet Inc’s YouTube following the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol by his supporters, after he was accused of posting messages inciting violence.

Led by former Republican US Representative   Devin Nunes , Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), the venture behind   Truth Social , joins a growing portfolio of technology companies that are positioning themselves as champions of free speech and hope to draw users who feel their views are suppressed on more established platforms.

So far none of the newer companies, which include Twitter competitors Gettr and Parler and video site Rumble, have come close to matching the popularity of their mainstream counterparts.

“This week we will begin to roll out on the Apple App Store. That’s going to be awesome, because we’re going to get so many more people that are going to be on the platform,” Nunes said in a Sunday appearance on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo.

“Our goal is, I think we’re going to hit it, I think by the end of March we’re going to be fully operational at least within the United States,” he added.

Truth Social’s app store page detailing its version history showed the first public version of the app, or version 1.0 was available a day ago, confirming a Reuters news agency report. The current version 1.0.1 includes “bug fixes”, according to the page.

On Friday, Nunes was on the app urging users to follow more accounts, share photos and videos and participate in conversations, in an apparent attempt to drum up activity, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

Among Nunes’ posts, he welcomed a new user who appeared to be a Catholic priest and encouraged him to invite more priests to join, according to the person with knowledge of the matter.

Even as details of the app begin trickling out, TMTG remains mostly shrouded in secrecy and is regarded with scepticism by some in tech and media circles. It is unclear, for example, how the company is funding its current growth.

TMTG is planning to list in New York through a merger with blank-check firm   Digital World Acquisition Corp   (DWAC) and stands to receive $293 million in cash that DWAC holds in a trust, assuming no DWAC shareholder redeems their shares, TMTG said in an October 21 press release.

Additionally, in December TMTG raised $1bn committed financing from private investors; that money also will not be available until the DWAC deal closes.

Digital World’s activities have come under scrutiny from the Securities and Exchange Commission and the US Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, according to a regulatory filing, and the deal is likely months away from closing. DWAC is headed by a Florida-based capitalist who has ties to an investment vehicle in Wuhan, China, the filing said.


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Hallux
Professor Principal
1  seeder  Hallux    2 years ago

          "DWAC is headed by a Florida-based capitalist who has ties to an investment vehicle in Wuhan, China, the filing said."

Oh goodie, in that case it is sure to be virus free ... /S

 
 
 
devangelical
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1.1  devangelical  replied to  Hallux @1    2 years ago

the chinese must want data on the emerging idiot class...

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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1.2  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Hallux @1    2 years ago

My first good laugh of the morning.

 
 
 
Hal A. Lujah
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2  Hal A. Lujah    2 years ago

Donald Trump launching a social media site called ‘Truth Social’ makes about as much sense as me launching a site called Pious Social.

 
 
 
Ozzwald
Professor Quiet
2.1  Ozzwald  replied to  Hal A. Lujah @2    2 years ago

Donald Trump launching a social media site called ‘Truth Social’ makes about as much sense as me launching a site called Pious Social.

An app where "alternative facts" are the primary topics of conversations, and where every username starts with a "Q".

 
 
 
Steve Ott
Professor Quiet
3  Steve Ott    2 years ago

I've also read that the download keeps crashing. Not the best way to start off.

 
 
 
Ozzwald
Professor Quiet
3.1  Ozzwald  replied to  Steve Ott @3    2 years ago
I've also read that the download keeps crashing. Not the best way to start off.

Better than his last try.

 
 
 
Paula Bartholomew
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3.2  Paula Bartholomew  replied to  Steve Ott @3    2 years ago

He must be using Mike Lindel's tech people.

 
 
 
Kavika
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4  Kavika     2 years ago

The password for the app is ''covfefe''.

 
 
 
Split Personality
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5  Split Personality    2 years ago

Devin Nunes Cow is head of security...

 
 
 
Kavika
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5.1  Kavika   replied to  Split Personality @5    2 years ago
Devin Nunes Cow

AKA, Cow Patty.

 
 
 
bbl-1
Professor Quiet
6  bbl-1    2 years ago

In other words, Trump will become immortal.  Or could this just turn out to be another grift for Trump, his two friends and the Chinese?

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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6.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  bbl-1 @6    2 years ago

But he MUST be immortal.  Isn't he "The Second Coming"?   There are millions of Americans who believe it, some even here on NT.

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MrFrost
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7  MrFrost    2 years ago

Brought to you by the guy that told more than 30,000 lies in four years, supported by his minions that believed every single one of them. 

 
 
 
bbl-1
Professor Quiet
8  bbl-1    2 years ago

"Who's going to pay for the wall," the orange moniker screamed?  "Mexico," the adoring throng adoringly replied.

 
 

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