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.
This app will not complete the registration process. Very disappointed. This should not have been released until they were sure it is working properly. A black eye.
“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.”
Among the messages inciting violence Twitter cited as their excuse to ban Trump was the tweet in which Trump announced he was not going to attend the Biden inaugural. That’s it. No call for violence in anything. But in their twisted look at the Tweet, Twitter claimed that Trumps supporters will interpret that to commit violence at the inaugural.
Unbelievable.
If Trump tweeted he’s not going to the supermarket, would twitter define that as a call to his supporters to go shoplifting?
So where is the working link to the actual signup page??
How long before big tech takes it down?
They just upgraded the app from v. 1.0 to v. 1.0.1 so I anticipate a lot of bugs in the beginning, as well as massive traffic.
Pretty sure it’ll be a getsendgo style thing. Hacked and all user info doxed fairly quickly.
You are about to embark on a very frustrating adventure. This app is not ready for general release. Why do we do this to ourselves?
Remember, we outnumber them. It's time we let them realize that.
As long as you know the risks, just putting it out there in case it happens.
Check Spam. That's where mine went.
House Rino joined, recently, to remind us all that the sky is always falling down 🙄
Not getting text but did by email part
Congrats!
Getting “405 Not Allowed” message on Sign On”??????
“Trump was banned from Twitter.... after he was ACCUSED of posting messages inciting violence.”
This kills me. How many leftists were accused and banned after wanting to blow up the WH, punch him in the face, behead him, etc.?
None? Huh. That’s odd. Especially after reading what he was posting and his speech, where he was begging for a peaceful protest.
So the lesson is, if you’re Trump, a Trumpist, anyone that dissed the leftist propaganda line, etc. you merely have to be ACCUSED to be made a non-entity. I feel like twitter should have been sued out of existence for DELETING the President of the United States.
While Donald Trump and Devin Nunes are two of my very favorite people in the whole wide world, I have concerns about this.
I’d rather have seen them working on a legislative platform to turn the existing fascist tech companies into open systems, legally classified as utilities, than trying to compete with them on their terms and battlefield.
The courts may be where this ultimately ends up, and would explain the selection of former Judiciary chief Nunes as CEO instead of some tech wonk, but chances are it’s going to be a bumpy ride.
I can’t wait to be able to sign up. Oh I hope it’s going to be great!
Don’t have an Apple phone. though, can’t stand Apple products.
I will assume Truth will be available for desktops and Android soon.
That’s why I finally made an account here after lurking for over a decade. But I’m still not using my real name. That’s hard core.
I’ve been starting to suspect these weirdos and commies have been running a David Copperfield on us.
Then my wife points out how many are still wearing masks, and I get depressed again.
That'll have to change otherwise the trolls will make the site unusable.
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.
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