Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Twitter 'desperately' needs Elon Musk: Truth Social CEO Devin Nunes
FOX Business ^ | 04/07/22 | Talia Kaplan

Posted on 04/07/2022 9:54:57 AM PDT by fatboy

Someone missed taking their meds today.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: truthsocial
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-39 next last
Former California Congressman Devin Nunes, who now runs Donald Trump's app Truth Social, argued on Thursday that Twitter "desperately" needs Elon Musk given the social media company is a "ghost town."
1 posted on 04/07/2022 9:54:57 AM PDT by fatboy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: fatboy

Devin needs to focus on expediting the app for android....I’m gettin’ impatient


2 posted on 04/07/2022 9:57:12 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: fatboy

It would be cool if Truth Social TOOK OVER a huge platform like this.

ready made infrastructure


3 posted on 04/07/2022 9:58:12 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Mr. K

Would have to fire over 90% of the Leftist employees though. Not a bad thing.


4 posted on 04/07/2022 9:59:45 AM PDT by falcon99 ( )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: falcon99

I think it would be fine if they were trained to be tolerant, and abandoned hate. Most of them would break, though.


5 posted on 04/07/2022 10:01:48 AM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: fatboy
Truth Social is a joke. I've been on the waiting list since the first day they went live in the App store. I'm still number 204,263 on the waiting list.

If Truth Social can't scale up their servers to handle 200,000 users, then they're not even trying.

6 posted on 04/07/2022 10:01:49 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: V_TWIN

I keep getting emails from the RNC to sign up to “Trumps Social Media.” I ain’t gonna join a social app run by the RNC. Without the android app, I CAN’T sign up.


7 posted on 04/07/2022 10:01:58 AM PDT by mission9 (It is by the fruit ye shall know.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: V_TWIN
Devin needs to focus on expediting the app for android....I’m gettin’ impatient

I'm #204,263 on the iOS app, and I still can't get in.

You're going to need the patience of Job.

8 posted on 04/07/2022 10:03:39 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: fatboy

Someone needs to replace Nunes and try and save Trump’s Truth Social. Maybe give it a complete rebranding and do-over as what has occurred is a spectacular failure, which Nunes is unprepared and has no experience addressing.


9 posted on 04/07/2022 10:04:33 AM PDT by Reno89519 (FJB. Respect America, Embrace America, Buy American, Hire American.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Yo-Yo
I am still 567,378. This is making Obamacare look good.

If I understand correctly, Nunes promised to have it all sorted out and working by end of March. Well, that came and went without a mention.

They might as well mothball Truth Social now and cut their losses.

10 posted on 04/07/2022 10:07:34 AM PDT by Reno89519 (FJB. Respect America, Embrace America, Buy American, Hire American.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: fatboy

Here is a real time meter of the “ghost town.”

https://www.internetlivestats.com/twitter-statistics/

I don’t know what Nunes is smoking.


11 posted on 04/07/2022 10:09:32 AM PDT by throwthebumsout
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: fatboy
FOX Business first reported in February that the platform will be fully operational by the expected end-of-quarter launch date.

So much for that date.

My impression is that the people who sold this idea to Trump in January 2021 came up with an implementation plan where the schedule was so aggressive as to be unrealistic. They're paying the price for that now.

They're using Mastodon for a spine, and there aren't enough Ruby programmers around to get it done on schedule -- unless they're willing to throw more money at the problem.

The fact that Adams and Boozer are out indicates a problem between management and the developers, which itself indicates what I said two paragraphs back.

Trump is an exceptional businessman. He knows when to cut bait. He cut bait with Trump Steaks, Trump Bottled Water, Trump Mattresses (I sleep on one), and the World Football League. I wonder just how much longer he will keep Truth Social going when he could buy a chunk of Twitter, or all of Gab or Parler instead.

12 posted on 04/07/2022 10:10:25 AM PDT by Publius (It wasn't easy being a young conservative. It's easier being an old conservative.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Yo-Yo

Wow.....whose in the IT implementation team for this.....laurel and hardy??

SMH


13 posted on 04/07/2022 10:12:07 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: V_TWIN

they’re building it from scratch and cannot depend on ANY other big tech to do it.

patience grasshopper


14 posted on 04/07/2022 10:25:33 AM PDT by spacejunkie2001
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: falcon99

Yeah. But the departing leftists copious tears and incessant foot stomping and gutteral hissing would be entertaining.


15 posted on 04/07/2022 10:26:49 AM PDT by Bob434 (.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: rightwingcrazy

You can’t train rattle snakes to never bite though. Especially the rabid ones


16 posted on 04/07/2022 10:27:29 AM PDT by Bob434 (.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: V_TWIN
Devin needs to focus on expediting the app for android....I’m gettin’ impatient

Yep. And focus on allowing people to post on laptops. It's crazy that the app is still stuck on iPhones only. And now with Musk on the Twitter board---I think Truth Social may have missed the ship.


17 posted on 04/07/2022 10:27:39 AM PDT by Cinnamontea
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Yo-Yo

I got in about a month ago....my wait number was higher than yours as I recall - 800k something.

But it’s hard to deal with on my phone (for me at least) and I don’t think the feed updates properly. I don’t love it so far.


18 posted on 04/07/2022 10:35:32 AM PDT by Aria
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: Cinnamontea

“Yep. And focus on allowing people to post on laptops. It’s crazy that the app is still stuck on iPhones only. And now with Musk on the Twitter board-—I think Truth Social may have missed the ship.”

__________________________

The article in the OP makes it sound like things are humming along on Truth Social. That is, of course absurd, nothing has changed, all of the deadlines have been missed, there is still a huge backlog of IOS users on the waitlist, no Android or web based access on the horizon and DWAC stock has shed value faster than a Yugo.

Nunes makes no promises, doesn’t address any of the concerns and makes nutty comments about twitter and claims about TS that are laughable.

My wife was finally granted permission to access Truth Social. I see my handle on there and liked myself but just shy of 7 weeks on the waitlist has this old boy wandering who exactly is running TMTG and TS, are they even old enough to vote?


19 posted on 04/07/2022 10:46:26 AM PDT by fatboy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: spacejunkie2001
they’re building it from scratch and cannot depend on ANY other big tech to do it.

patience grasshopper

Patience my ass.

It was Trump that said it would be ready and fully operational by the end of March.

Didn't he know that it was 'being built from scratch'?

I was in the computer business for over four decades and know how deadlines slip, but when you go on the record for a delivery date, it doesn't matter why, it only matters that you promised and didn't deliver.

PERIOD GRASSHOPPER!

20 posted on 04/07/2022 10:50:44 AM PDT by USS Alaska (NUKE ALL MOOSELIMB TERRORISTS, NOW.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-39 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson