Posted on 02/21/2022 4:40:46 AM PST by redguyinabluestate
Donald Trump's new social media venture, Truth Social, has launched 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 to download shortly before midnight on Sunday and was automatically downloaded to Apple Inc devices belonging to users who had pre-ordered the app.
Some 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 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 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 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.
Even as details of the app begin trickling out, TMTG remains mostly shrouded in secrecy and is regarded with skepticism 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-cheque firm Digital World Acquisition Corp (DWAC) and stands to receive $US293 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 $US1 billion 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.
Yeah! We don’t do Apple devices but I see RandallFlagg wrote there will soon be an Android ap. Problem is, I like to use my computer, not my phone. I hope I will be able to do that.
It hung on the phone verification. I haven’t received it yet, and it’s been several hours...
I tried to back out and resubmit my information, and now I get a “Something went wrong” text.
Trump should just join Gab.
“I won’t have much patience deal with this for 10 days.”
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I’m with you. A great idea...poorly executed.
From what I understand, it’s going to be our version of a combination of YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and a bunch of other Internet items. I remember what Dinesh D’Souza said in his podcast last week about it.
It should be accessible on PCs.
Finally got registered. My wait list number is 191,334 or something like that
I keep getting a 405 Not Allowed message when I try to get on the waiting list.
Anybody getting this also?
It wasn’t too bad getting it set-up. #176+++.
It looks like Truth.social is a Mastodon server. Also, looking through the help system on the website, I don’t like how they are using the terms “truth” and “re-truth” to describe posts people make. They should have used “post” and “re-post” and left “truth” alone.
Not fearful. Just wondering if TS is a social media site that is like Facebook (which I deleted long ago) where people share with family and friends about regular life or if it’s more like Twatter where its all about politics and pseudo-journalism.
So I signed up to TS as a political contributor using some initials and if it becomes a social media “friends” site I will change to my real name.
“If it were just me, I’d use my real name.
However, I have kids.
The left wants us all dead or enslaved.
And, they’ve hunted us down before.”
I had a FB account and my early 20’s son asked me to delete it.
He was totally right.
PS- I am number #636XXX.
Would love to know how many were trying/waiting to sign up for Twatter or Facebook at this point in their games....
Just added you. I’ eternalape9 on Truth Social.
Yeah I never use my real name on any online forum or social media. F them!
Weird.
I got the notification of your adding me on my phone, but still can’t do anything with the app.
Cool hats hope they offer the swag stuff soon.
You must still be on a waitlist in order to use the app. Do you remember getting the waitlist #? I signed up last Sunday and initially received #7xx then email said 19xxx, then it said 130xxx. By midnight or so I was able to access the app and was active on it since then.
I did the same thing at 6AM Monday morning. All week the app’s done nothing except tell me that my account has been created successfully, and the number 164,038 is on the bottom.
i went to sign on...they wanted credit card??
I have been unable to get in. I down loaded the app. It didn’t take my email and password. I have tried 5 times. Even used an alternate email. It never recognizes me, to let me in. I am worried that I am giving big tech spies, all my info.
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