# What about Trump's new social network? I hear crickets **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [February 23, 2022, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024 "2022-02-23T22:19:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/201 "2022-04-06T16:19:27Z")
Here’s a gift link if you want to read the article **Princhester** posted: > **[Trump’s Truth Social in trouble as financial, technical woes mount](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/04/05/trump-truth-social-media-failure/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWJpZCI6IjQ2MDI4ODUiLCJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNjQ5MjYxOTA1LCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNjUwNDcxNTA1LCJpYXQiOjE2NDkyNjE5MDUsImp0aSI6ImJhZGE4ODNmLWMxOGUtNDE3YS1iNTQ0LTg5MjI3MjI0NzQwZSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS90ZWNobm9sb2d5LzIwMjIvMDQvMDUvdHJ1bXAtdHJ1dGgtc29jaWFsLW1lZGlhLWZhaWx1cmUvIn0.oy_XZJv3iPDMSDgoJZLCHKQ0OsMntbuKNNa1RY96UqI&itid=gfta)** > > Here’s a truth former president Donald Trump doesn’t want to hear: His social network, Truth Social, has begun to implode. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/202 "2022-04-06T16:28:41Z")
Thank you. Liked the shade. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/203 "2022-04-07T01:17:31Z")
Huh. Weird. I don’t subscribe but was able to read the article (obviously) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/204 "2022-04-07T01:25:15Z")
I think Wapo has one article free per week. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/205 "2022-04-07T06:06:28Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > He’s in a Gordian knot though. Because while what you say is true, there is no way Trump’s ego could cope with the on-line equivalent of walking out on to a rally stage in front of an obviously 80% empty hall. I think it’s more like a Catch-22: Trump won’t post until the platform has attracted a lot of frequent followers and posters, and followers and posters won’t post until Trump frequently posts, as he did on Twitter. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/206 "2022-04-07T06:43:22Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Trump won’t post until the platform has attracted a lot of frequent followers and posters, and followers and posters won’t post until Trump frequently posts, as he did on Twitter. It’s a Mexican Standoff, but don’t worry; Trump will get Mexico to pay for it. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/207 "2022-04-07T07:09:45Z")
Trump is as always playing three dimensional chess - against himself, and he’s achieved checkmate. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/208 "2022-04-07T14:24:53Z")
Next move is to fling the board and pieces about, and then blame someone else. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/209 "2022-04-07T14:34:50Z")
I see something kind of like [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xcd_Y5YIXJo&ab_channel=JonathanRomaneski). ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/210 "2022-04-07T14:40:05Z")
Truth Social is getting “massive engagement” and I hear Twitter is a ghost town. > ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/211 "2022-04-07T20:47:28Z")
> Devin Nunes is triggered and threatened But not cowed. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/212 "2022-04-07T20:53:32Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > But not cowed. He is unmooved. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/213 "2022-04-07T21:53:50Z")
What about his cow-orkers? ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/214 "2022-04-07T21:55:00Z")
He runs a dairy farm. I’m sure his cows would appreciate a few new orkers. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2022, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/215 "2022-04-08T06:14:52Z")
You’ve been waiting, what, 25 years or so to use that line, right? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2022, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/216 "2022-04-08T07:28:32Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > What about his cow-orkers?   They are well and truly orked now. (ETA: Clarifying: The orkers, not the cows. Maybe them too.) ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2022, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/217 "2022-04-08T10:14:50Z")
It’s all udderly senseless. Perhaps even Nunesense. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2022, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/218 "2022-04-08T12:42:22Z")
You guys are going to milk this for all it’s worth, right? ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2022, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/219 "2022-04-08T13:20:38Z")
We cud, yes. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2022, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/220 "2022-04-08T13:40:59Z")
Well, Devin Nunes has a beef with that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024.md?page=12)