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vanity: Truth Social and the law of averages

Posted on 03/17/2022 3:41:02 PM PDT by fatboy

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To: RandallFlagg
"My ex-wife’s birthday.... Well, time for a drink!"

Have one for me too!! I'm diabetic, and can't drink.

41 posted on 03/17/2022 5:04:49 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: Widget Jr; All

iOS (iPhone/iPad/M1 chip Macs) only for now...Android phone & Web browser versions under development. See:

https://rumble.com/vwtuyn-nunes-unlike-big-tech-truth-social-has-real-people-and-real-engagement.html

Also:
https://help.truthsocial.com
https://truthsocial.statuspage.io

Corporate site: https://www.tmtgcorp.com


42 posted on 03/17/2022 5:04:52 PM PDT by Drago
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To: OwenKellogg

“It sucks. I only have 1,000 connections.”

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What is the significance of that, what does this really mean?


43 posted on 03/17/2022 5:07:09 PM PDT by fatboy
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To: All

I am stuck at “Your Account has been created successfully!”, “Waitlist # 937,068”...been stuck like that for weeks. Darn it!


44 posted on 03/17/2022 5:07:13 PM PDT by Drago
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To: SamAdams76

Good point about Trump. My number was in the 160k and I’ve been on Truth for about 3 weeks. My name is the same on Truth as FR. I have now followed you and randall. Glad to see some familiar posters.


45 posted on 03/17/2022 5:10:07 PM PDT by I want to know
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To: fatboy

Fat, Hang on, it’s not the end of March yet. TruthSocial still in testing phase with Apple, will fully open to all at end of March with any device.


46 posted on 03/17/2022 5:10:10 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: SamAdams76

Exactly.


47 posted on 03/17/2022 5:11:39 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: I want to know

Cool! Thank you.


48 posted on 03/17/2022 5:11:47 PM PDT by RandallFlagg ("Okay. As long as the paperwork is clean, you boys can do what you like out there." -Fifi)
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To: fatboy

instead of posting that there’s no information out there and Trump isn’t talking about it, why not do some research first? Don’t you think that would have been a good idea prior to your vanity post that TS is languishing?


49 posted on 03/17/2022 5:17:04 PM PDT by spacejunkie2001
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To: fatboy

I never did get thevregistration to work and forgot about it. Evidently Trump has too.


50 posted on 03/17/2022 5:30:36 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: conservative98

“Fat, Hang on, it’s not the end of March yet. TruthSocial still in testing phase with Apple, will fully open to all at end of March with any device.”
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It is true that I have experienced frustration over this, I like a few others here have taken stock over the experience of the last month and have thus tried hard to separate my personal feelings from the scarcity of public feedback and information on this subject.

I wasn’t active in twitter but would sometimes read Trumps tweets. I don’t envision me personally becoming a Truth Star or anything like that. I downloaded the app mainly out of curiosity really but have been sort surprised that Trump didn’t do this totally first class, hire the absolute best people and buy the best hardware. Instead he took a lower budget route, which, quite frankly surprises me.

Back in the 1980-90s my wife and many of our friends worked for the Trump Organization in AC. I have met him a few times and one thing I can say that he stands for is quality. What is happening here is a mystery.

In short I started this discussion not to discuss the on-line experience or lack thereof rather to discuss what seems to be a lack of enthusiasm, friend or foe.


51 posted on 03/17/2022 5:31:00 PM PDT by fatboy
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To: Drago

Thank you.


52 posted on 03/17/2022 5:42:29 PM PDT by Widget Jr
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To: Rio

Welcome aboard. Glad to hear it


53 posted on 03/17/2022 6:24:32 PM PDT by Nifster (I’m see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Rio

Welcome aboard. Glad to hear it


54 posted on 03/17/2022 6:24:42 PM PDT by Nifster (I’m see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: fatboy

I finally got in a few days ago. Their platform is slowly rolling out and adding capacity.

They have previously noted this and stated recently that by the end of March the platform should be fully functional, but I don’t know if that will mean everyone can access, or other O/S access.

Apparently, they also have to weed out bots and deal with how to moderate. Starting from scratch isn’t a simple endeavor if you desire success over the long haul. A lot of details and operational procedures must be addressed and of course bugs/flaws. I think it has potential.


55 posted on 03/17/2022 7:26:21 PM PDT by Pox (Eff You China. Buy American!)
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To: Vermont Lt

“One doesn’t launch an app in a kick the tires mode. At least not one that is obviously going to scale up from Day 1..

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Yes

I think that to many people, I include myself here, because there isn’t a whole lot of official information coming forth from Trump Media, they speculate on what is going on or repeat what other speculators speculate in an effort to sound informed on the inner workings of the company or to defend the reputation of President Trump.

Obviously, the number assigned when placed on the waitlist doesn’t have anything to do with your actual place in the line, nor does it give an indication as to how many users are signed up for the service. It may as well be simply a random generated number or a lot number of several potential users but really no one knows.

Another theme that the speculators speculate on is the date given to go full release in conjunction with the release of the Android app. The date given is anywhere between March 25 and March 31, as if the end of March is a year away. It isn’t of course, there are two weeks left in March. It is difficult to see how releasing the Android app will do anything to ease the backlog of users trying to gain access and one would assume the Android app would bring with it some new problems at least in the short term.

It’s of course not impossible but seems unlikely that customer satisfaction will swing up sharply in the next two weeks.


56 posted on 03/17/2022 9:12:29 PM PDT by fatboy
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To: fatboy

Seems like a private club for now. An iPhone costs more than my Android phone and laptop together.


57 posted on 03/18/2022 6:27:41 AM PDT by Pollard (PureBlood -- https://youtube.com/watch?v=VXm0fkDituE)
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I've been on it for two days now. It seems to be growing the user base rapidly as Trump had about 550,000 followers when I was logged in Thursday afternoon. His followers are now up to 626,000 or a growth of about 76,000 users in barely 48 hours. I'm thinking pretty much every Truth Social user will follow Trump (following him is an option given to you as soon as you are let in). So the amount of Trump followers is likely pretty close to the number of active users.

So for those still stuck on the waiting list, continue to be patient. It appears that the floodgates are opening up.

As for the app, it appeared to crash for a time last night but when I got up this morning, it's been working fine with no hiccups. I'm still getting the hang of it but the interface is similar to Twitter.

Even when I was on Twitter, I preferred using it on the desktop on my web browser. I never liked using social media on a smartphone. Everything is so tiny and my eyes aren't what they used to be. I need the big screen experience. That is coming soon I'm told.

58 posted on 03/19/2022 9:37:53 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (626,000 active users now on Truth Social)
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To: SamAdams76

I can’t stand trying to type on a phone


59 posted on 03/19/2022 10:17:35 AM PDT by Pollard (PureBlood -- https://youtube.com/watch?v=VXm0fkDituE)
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To: one guy in new jersey

I assume he has considered that. What he plans, I have no idea.


60 posted on 03/21/2022 6:43:01 PM PDT by NetAddicted ( Just looking)
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