# 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:** 5
**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:** [February 26, 2022, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/81 "2022-02-26T00:27:23Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > orangutan (?) [Golden lion Tamarind](https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/golden-lion-tamarin) Otherwise you are spot on. They are lovely creatures and don’t deserve such defamation. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/82 "2022-02-26T00:29:39Z")
Note to self: DON’T tell anyone that at first you thought it was the Lorax… ---
**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 26, 2022, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/83 "2022-02-26T00:38:40Z")
I just keep getting a “Not Allowed” message (the 405 error code, not the response I anticipate if I ever manage to sign up with the user name “CadetBoneSpurs”). ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/84 "2022-02-26T01:47:35Z")
I just tried again and managed to create an account, I’m number #810,838 on the waiting list. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/85 "2022-02-26T02:25:22Z")
Keep us posted! When you get to only being #500,000 we’ll have a party. . And I love your idea. You NEED to do this!: > I might go on the Truth Social Facebook pages and start rumors that they are on-boarding vaccinated people first, that’s why your waitlist number keeps getting higher. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2022, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/86 "2022-02-26T02:26:45Z")
Is there any evidence or reporting yet, that anti-Trump trolls are flooding the site with goofy sign-ups? Note that the DevinNunesCow account got instabanned before he ever made a single post. He got banned solely over the account name. Is there a small staff of moderators who are personally, manually reviewing every sign-up? If so, no wonder there’s a 800000+ waiting list! ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/87 "2022-02-26T02:31:53Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Note that the DevinNunesCow account got instabanned before he ever made a single post. He got banned solely over the account name. Dibs on the name Fetchez-La-Vache-De-Devin-Nunes. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2022, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/88 "2022-02-26T02:35:58Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Dibs on the name Fetchez-La-Vache-De-Devin-Nunes. I was thinking NunesLaVacaLoca ---
**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:** [February 26, 2022, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/89 "2022-02-26T02:43:14Z")
Kuh gehören Nunes ---
**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:** [February 26, 2022, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/90 "2022-02-26T02:44:30Z")
Oh-Oh! I smell some Mod Notes coming for not posting in Goode Olde Englyshe! ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/91 "2022-02-26T02:56:04Z")
Well, I’m reporting that post with all those extra **e** s at the end. As the most common vowel, we need all of those we can get, and should not be squandering them on any _Ye Olde Booke Shoppe_ nonsense… C’mon, what happns if w run out? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/92 "2022-02-26T03:01:12Z")
> [@digs](#): > > and should not be squandering them on any _Ye Olde Booke Shoppe_ nonsense Ye olde Brooke Shields? ---
**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 26, 2022, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/93 "2022-02-26T07:31:30Z")
As _my_ father used to say, “he could fuck up a wet dream.” ---
**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:** [February 26, 2022, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/94 "2022-02-26T08:33:25Z")
What? Their supporting Tan the Conman didn’t clue you into that from the get-go? Transfinite numbers were created to describe the magnitude of their dumbness. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2022, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/95 "2022-03-01T16:17:06Z")
[Trump’s Social Media Site BUSTED Creating Fake Accounts For Media Outlets](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y_7AvOmXpk&ab_channel=FarronBalanced)- YouTube video. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2022, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/96 "2022-03-01T16:31:50Z")
That’s pathetic and hilarious. Won’t the judiciaries of the networks that got faked come down like a ton of bricks on Truth Social? I mean, I don’t know that youtube guy, but if he’s right, that’s one of the most surreal dumb shit that anyone Trump related ever pulled. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2022, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/97 "2022-03-01T16:37:36Z")
It’s fake news all the way down. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/98 "2022-03-02T10:13:39Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > [Trump’s Social Media Site BUSTED Creating Fake Accounts For Media Outlets](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y_7AvOmXpk&ab_channel=FarronBalanced)- YouTube video. I’m not saying this isn’t for real, but I haven’t been able to find a second source to verify it - which surprises me. Maybe my google-fu is weak at the moment. Anyone else have better luck? j ---
**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:** [March 2, 2022, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/99 "2022-03-02T13:29:03Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > I’m not saying this isn’t for real, but I haven’t been able to find a second source to verify it - which surprises me. Maybe my google-fu is weak at the moment. Anyone else have better luck? It’s buried in [the middle of another story](https://www.axios.com/truth-social-verifies-white-nationalist-fuentes-trump-0aeddf49-5827-4dec-801e-fca54256e4d7.html) on Axios: > **Screenshots shared with Axios** suggest the platform is trying to foster legitimacy by adding pages for mainstream sports and media networks. > > - Truth Social displays accounts for various brands, including @NFL, @FoxSports, @ESPN and others. Sources confirm that none of those accounts were set up by the entities they claim to represent, although they are set up to look like they are real brand accounts, via links and logos. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/100 "2022-03-02T13:43:35Z")
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