# 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:** 24
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/461 "2023-01-19T02:20:11Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > I keep an eye on the DWAC stock price I wonder if the $1.50 drop today had anything to do with this. > **[Trump says his campaign talking with Meta about possible return to Facebook...](https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/trump-says-his-campaign-talking-with-meta-about-possible-return-to-facebook-fox-news)** > > Former U.S. President Donald Trump told Fox News Digital on Wednesday that his campaign was in talks with Meta Platforms about a possible return to Facebook… ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/462 "2023-01-19T14:29:51Z")
I’m confused. Why would he need to return to FB when he has the bigliest, most popular social media platform of all time? People come up to him all the time, tears in their eyes, and say “Sir! We cannot imagine life without Truth Social!” ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/463 "2023-01-19T17:08:05Z")
Part of this was just a return to normality, the real question is why did it suddenly jump by 1.5 points between 3:30 and 4:00 last Friday. The researching of which incidentally led me to this article. > **[Don’t Miss Out on this Buy-In Window for Digital World Acquisition Corp. (DWAC)](https://investchronicle.com/2023/01/16/dont-miss-out-on-this-buy-in-window-for-digital-world-acquisition-corp-dwac/)** > > Let’s start up with the current stock price of Digital World Acquisition Corp. (DWAC), which is $18.03 to be very precise. The Stock rose vividly during the last session to $18.44 after opening rate of $16.44 while the lowest price it went was... an article that exemplifies the danger of letting computers write your news stories for you. [Sarah Baker](https://investchronicle.com/author/sarah-baker/) please proceed to conference room seven for your annual Turing test. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/464 "2023-01-20T14:15:04Z")
The stock rose vividly? I got to get in on that action! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/465 "2023-01-20T14:16:40Z")
At least it didn’t rise tumescently. Though that might be a good or a bad thing depending on one’s orientation. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/466 "2023-01-20T15:38:42Z")
Writing like this is so shitty, we have to know it was done by an actual human, not AI. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/467 "2023-01-20T15:40:42Z")
I’m holding out. I only invest in stocks that rise effervescently. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2023, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/468 "2023-01-20T23:13:56Z")
Like the South Sea Bubble? ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2023, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/469 "2023-01-21T03:36:39Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > we have to know it was done by an actual human, not AI It’s like an inverse Turing test. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2023, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/470 "2023-01-22T00:22:02Z")
What’s wrong with Albert doing it? ---
**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:** [January 22, 2023, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/471 "2023-01-22T02:55:09Z")
We’re so sorry Uncle Albert But we haven’t done a bloody thing all day We’re so sorry Uncle Albert But the kettle’s on the boil And we’re so easily called away ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/472 "2023-01-23T01:09:11Z")
Now that you bring it up, I’m surprised that “Heads Across the Sky” hasn’t been used as the name of some social media platform. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/473 "2023-01-27T14:17:40Z")
[Interesting NYT article about the advertising on Truth Social.](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/27/technology/trump-truth-social-ads.html) (Apologies for paywall). The gist of it is: “Ads from major brands aren onexistent on the site. Instead, the ads on Truth Social are for alternative medicine, diet pills, gun accessories and Trump-themed trinkets, according to an analysis of hundreds of ads on the social network by The New York Times.” Apparently, while it is somewhat active, it’s the same small group with a demographic that skews older. “Truth Social has a relatively small user base and many older users, who are less desirable for the brands.” And, my favorite quote from the piece: "Can you not vet the ads on Truth?” asked one user in a post directed at Mr. Trump. “I’ve been scammed more than once.” Bless your heart, you fucking idiot. Who could have quessed a platform branded by a con man would attract conmen. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/474 "2023-01-27T15:02:27Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > “I’ve been scammed more than once.” And they love you for it! There was a Law and Order episode where a guy was killed, who was (as we found out) pretending to be tracking down and recovering money for victims of an investment scam. Of course, he was just taking their money, because, hey, they’ve got a proven track record as suckers. Some days, I think it should be legal to separate the stupid from their money. “You send me $100 bucks and I’ll give you the secret to avoid being scammed.” [hands over C note] “Now what?” “You’re not paying attention. Send another hundred.” ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/475 "2023-01-27T15:25:08Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > And, my favorite quote from the piece: "Can you not vet the ads on Truth?” asked one user in a post directed at Mr. Trump. “I’ve been scammed more than once.” “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice…won’t get fooled again.” - President G W Bush There is a well-known view of this demographic as being prime pickings for scammers, so it surprises me not at all that the grifters are clustering on Truth Social like bluebottles on cow pies. And the fact that this guy has been scammed “more than once” by his own admission (not counting his likely support for Trump and his decision to sign up to TS in the first place) suggests that they’re doing very well indeed by advertising there. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/476 "2023-01-27T15:42:27Z")
My Trumpy coworker was showing us her gold foil dollar notes yesterday. She’s been crypto-scammed before. She thought she was buying crypto, but they just drained her bank account. She insisted our employer had done it because they are “the only people who have access to her account [for direct deposit]” ---
**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:** [January 27, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/477 "2023-01-27T16:13:58Z")
Do you mean the Goldback? Those are legitimate, but I can see how someone not all that up on certain technologies could conflate them with something else. Did you ask your magater coworker why she’s still working there if she believes the company stole all her cash or even what she’s been doing to get the money back? ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/478 "2023-01-27T16:17:31Z")
“Deep down, I know my company did not scam me, but I would rather make up a fanciful story about my company [accidentally draining my bank account, deliberately stealing, whatever] than ever admitting I was dumb enough to fall for an obvious scam” ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/479 "2023-01-27T16:59:30Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Did you ask your magater coworker why she’s still working there if she believes the company stole all her cash or even what she’s been doing to get the money back? She didn’t think the company itself stole her money actually, just that it was an inside job by someone in Payroll or HR or something. She took a medical leave of absence soon after 1/6/2021 after posting non stop about both election fraud and vaccines on our department’s Slack channel. She was being counseled for it and then suddenly poof, she was gone. We thought she was gone for good but she came back three months later. She hasn’t posted any political stuff, but since we returned to the office on a hybrid arrangement she’s ranted about stuff in person. We have no history or practice of discussing politics, religion, etc in the workplace. Then the company sponsored some BLM “Difficult Conversations” sessions in Summer 2020, after which the right wing nuts have felt the need to drag their deplorable shit into everything even tenuously related to what they see as social engineering. DEI initiatives, anti-shoplifting measures, opening stores in food deserts, pricing in urban vs suburban stores, energy conservation, plastic reduction. A number of them have left for redder pastures. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/480 "2023-01-27T17:01:57Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Do you mean the Goldback? Those are legitimate, but I can see how someone not all that up on certain technologies could conflate them with something else. In this case it seems I was not up to speed. I’m reading up on Goldbacks, but I’m still not convinced it’s “legitimate”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024.md?page=25)