# 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:** 2
**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:** [February 24, 2022, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/21 "2022-02-24T03:41:02Z")
Has the big social media genius and disgraced twitter king made a post on his own network yet? Or has he tried but doesn’t get through, just like all the other blokes? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/22 "2022-02-24T03:56:27Z")
I’m pretty sure that the Don’s password is “password,” only misspelled. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2022, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/23 "2022-02-24T03:58:19Z")
And I bet they made him an admin, because why not, and who else? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/24 "2022-02-24T04:01:41Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > And I bet they made him an admin, because why not, and who else? - I’ll bet his keyboard isn’t plugged into anything. And the tower is a cardboard box with “COMPUTER” written in Sharpie and the monitor is actually a mirror. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/25 "2022-02-24T04:04:09Z")
> **[Trump’s Truth Social’s disastrous launch raises doubts about its long-term...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/02/22/trump-truth-social-disaster/)** > > “The basic thing they needed to actually get right to get someone in the door, they couldn’t get right,” one researcher said. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2022, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/26 "2022-02-24T04:05:44Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > And the tower is a cardboard box with “COMPUTER” written in Sharpie and the monitor is actually a mirror. With a post-it note attached to the fake monitor “Password: password”. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/27 "2022-02-24T04:08:01Z")
[Sad!](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/22/donald-trump-new-social-media-app-truth-social) > I spent 20 frustrating minutes attempting to create a new account and getting error message after error message. Eventually, I managed to sign up with the username @stormyd, only to be told that I had been put on a waiting list “due to massive demand”. I was number 194,276 in line, apparently. Which, I’m sure, is a very precise number and not something they just pulled out of the air. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/28 "2022-02-24T04:23:22Z")
8800 is a big number for a computer so it must be good, right? [![](https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/content/media/13/704113-large.jpg) ](https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/content/media/13/704113-large.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/29 "2022-02-24T04:32:26Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > There is no doubt whatsoever about its long-term viability, any more than there ever was about Trump Steaks, Trump casinos, the Trump airline, Trump University, Trump Vodka, Trump Magazine, Trump Mortgage, or anything else that Trump has ever started, managed, or otherwise touched in any way. It was funny until the United States of America got added to that list. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/30 "2022-02-24T11:46:30Z")
Well that sure put an end to the chuckles. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/31 "2022-02-24T11:48:44Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I’m pretty sure that the Don’s password is “password,” only misspelled His Twitter password was “maga2020!” when it got hacked a few days before the election. > **[Man really did hack Trump’s Twitter account by guessing password,...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/12/17/dutch-trump-twitter-password-hack/)** > > Dutch hacker Victor Gevers claims to have logged in to President Trump’s Twitter account six years ago by guessing the password: “yourefired.” Then he did it again. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2022, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/32 "2022-02-24T12:02:14Z")
Anybody surprised? > **[A Shady App Is Tricking Trump Supporters Into Thinking They’ve Joined the...](https://gizmodo.com/fake-android-app-truth-social-in-app-purchases-trump-1848578038)** > > An Android app using a similar name to Trump's social media site has gotten well over 100,000 downloads and offers in-app purchases. > An apparent rip-off of Donald Trump’s social media network Truth Social has racked up downloads in the six figures on Google’s Play Store, causing confusion by MAGA types who failed to realize the distinction. > Insider first reported that the app, which is titled “MAGA Hub – Truth Social Trump” on the Play Store, has crossed 100,000 downloads as of Tuesday… > MAGA Hub, for what it’s worth, contains $28.99 in-app purchases with an unclear purpose and automatically subscribes users to a global chat group which Insider reports sends out “a constant stream of memes and messages.”… Yeah, I can see why anybody looking at that would assume it was an actual Grifty McGriftface operation… ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/33 "2022-02-24T12:09:50Z")
Back in December, when this was first announced, I started a thread over in P&E: > [@New Trump social media company -- the biggest grift yet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-trump-social-media-company-the-biggest-grift-yet/955542): > > Yet another attempt by the Orange One to do social media: This one is supposed to get a $1 billion investment from anonymous investors once it goes public via a SPAC. Yeah, right. Why am I thinking of things like salted mines and Oak Island? ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/34 "2022-02-24T12:10:47Z")
I think this is great! Keep all these bozos busty scrolling through garbage all day. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2022, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/35 "2022-02-24T12:22:52Z")
Why not? Apparently the fake PravdaSocial site works better than the real one. ---
**Author:** ![cytop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f17d59/32.png) [@cytop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cytop)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/36 "2022-02-24T12:35:52Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > I think this is great! Keep all these bozos **busty** scrolling through garbage all day. Pandering to another fetish of Individual#1 …? (Gets hat …) ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/37 "2022-02-24T13:55:21Z")
Go to your room ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/38 "2022-02-24T14:17:12Z")
It’s not available in my country. 😥 I see that emoji is called “disappointed\_relieved” ! ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/39 "2022-02-24T14:30:28Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I’m pretty sure that the Don’s password is “password,” only misspelled. “pissword” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/40 "2022-02-24T14:32:17Z")
> [@Daithi\_Lacha](#): > > > [@Superdude](#): > > > > I’m pretty sure that the Don’s password is “password,” only misspelled. > > “pissword”- Type that, urine! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024.md?page=3)