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2 execs, both with Alabama ties, quit Trump’s Truth Social after troubled launch, reports say
https://www.al.com ^ | Published: Apr. 04, 2022, 10:00 a.m. | By Leada Gore

Posted on 04/04/2022 12:26:28 PM PDT by Red Badger

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To: Red Badger

And those guys reported to a dairy farmer former congressman?!?


21 posted on 04/04/2022 12:50:30 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Red Badger

Elayne Boosler might have done a better job:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elayne_Boosler


22 posted on 04/04/2022 12:51:59 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Red Badger
Two key executives with Donald Trump’s “Truth Social,” have quit

Maybe they should have been fired.

23 posted on 04/04/2022 12:53:17 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: 9YearLurker

When you’ve lost Billy Boozer…


24 posted on 04/04/2022 12:53:50 PM PDT by Joann37
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To: Red Badger

I guess I’m just an 80 year old lo tech dummie living out in the middle of southern Utah, but I can’t see how Truth will ever amount to anything. Yes I do exist there but for some reason it’s what us old timers call “vanilla”. Seems there’s no there, there.

I did get in on that day when the stock went from $12 to $150.

Since then pretty much flat lined.


25 posted on 04/04/2022 12:54:44 PM PDT by Utah Binger (Utah: Where the world comes to see America)
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To: Joann37

You’ve hit rock bottom?


26 posted on 04/04/2022 12:56:16 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Red Badger

Strange. I heard Truth’s launch was perfect. The most perfect launch you’ve ever seen. ;)

I still get very little in my feed. I hope it matures quickly.


27 posted on 04/04/2022 12:56:28 PM PDT by Mr.Unique (My boss wants me to sign up for a 401K. No way I'm running that far! )
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To: Mr.Unique

TREEmendous!!!


28 posted on 04/04/2022 12:59:56 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: Red Badger

I’m not happy with the launch, but good grief. I’m grown up
enough to realize things don’t go my way all the time.

I can be patient.

What is with people...


29 posted on 04/04/2022 1:00:44 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: gr8eman
Walks like fake news...Talks like fake news...

What part is fake?

30 posted on 04/04/2022 1:01:49 PM PDT by Mr.Unique (My boss wants me to sign up for a 401K. No way I'm running that far! )
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To: backwoods-engineer

Gab has been through the trial by fire and prospered. I don’t know how much of the Jew hate on Gab is real or disinformation but I suspect that is why Trump declined.


31 posted on 04/04/2022 1:05:14 PM PDT by Nateman (Xi Jinping is the most diabolical enemy Americans has ever had. 🍊)
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To: Red Badger

Just maybe they didn’t quit but their contract was up.
The timing seems weird.
Do people wait to quit till the end of the month? or do they quit when they’ve had enough, like the 9th of a month or the 23rd.


32 posted on 04/04/2022 1:13:48 PM PDT by 1_Rain_Drop ("There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration” - Pompeo)
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To: thegagline

I gave up and deleted the app. 1 month is inexcusable. GETTR, gab, and Parler were fully functional immediately after signing up. Never had to wait over a month to get on an app.

A total disaster.


33 posted on 04/04/2022 1:14:15 PM PDT by stratboy
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To: Red Badger

“the company’s chiefs of technology and product development” Is there anyone more responsible for this CF of a rollout? All this Rooters hoopla about “Oh, what will Trump do now?” is BS. These guys did a horrible job, so Trump will find someone else to do it. They deserved to be kicked to the curb, but instead, they got to resign. If you believe Rooters.


34 posted on 04/04/2022 1:22:59 PM PDT by Savage Rider
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To: thegagline
I was less the 100K on the list when I signed up, and it took me about a month to get in.

It's basically Twitter with nicer people. For the most part, people follow back. There are a lot of follow-and-follow-back trains - mainly people helping newbies get connected. I think I'm seeing less of those over the past week though.

I haven't put a lot of effort into the app, and I am approaching 2000 followers - I've followed back everyone. Trump has 847K followers, and that's probably a good guess at the number of active users who have made it in. Someone on there was tracking Trump followers as a gauge of how quickly new people were being let in - his follower number was increasing by about 20K a day.

There are a few trolls, but people tend to ignore them. There have been some bugs, but they are resolved quickly. Still, I can see why they chose to slowly increase the users, rather than throw open the floodgates.

There are some National/News type of accounts, some politicians, some organizations. I think that number will grow eventually.

Waiting to be let into a social media app was annoying, but it's fun once you get in.

35 posted on 04/04/2022 1:25:27 PM PDT by TontoKowalski (You can call me "Dick.")
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To: DoughtyOne

So true!
Patience is a virtue!


36 posted on 04/04/2022 1:25:55 PM PDT by Guenevere (When the foundations are being destroyed what can the righteous do t)
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To: Red Badger

Oh gosh no....

2 people quit????

Is that like ‘unfriending’ someone in Facebook

The horror...


37 posted on 04/04/2022 1:32:27 PM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: thegagline

I suspect there is a LOT of ‘vetting’ going on so that they can weed out potential spammers and autobots designed to crash the system

I am GLAD they are taking their time and not letting just anyone sign up.

Parler had (or maybe still has) that problem- each post would immediately get dozens of spambot messages in the comment section. It made it unusable.


38 posted on 04/04/2022 1:35:14 PM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: Guenevere

Thank you...


39 posted on 04/04/2022 1:38:18 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: Mr. K
One of the things they're doing, and I suspect it has to do with limiting bots is this: Once you reach 7500 followers, you can't follow anyone else until your own follower account reaches a certain level - I think you have to have nearly 7000 followers before you're allowed to follow anyone over 7500.

But it's more than that, I think. People are genuinely interested in networking. I suspect that there will be future enhancements that would, for example, allow users to find other user accounts in their Congressional District.

That is one of the reasons a follow-back culture has taken hold. Reciprocity is a pretty big deal. No one expects Don Jr to follow back, but they certainly expect Joe Blow to do so.

A "follows you" mechanism is soon to come into play so people can identify which of their followers didn't follow back, and can decide whether to keep following them or not.

40 posted on 04/04/2022 1:45:36 PM PDT by TontoKowalski (You can call me "Dick.")
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