# 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:** 8
**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:** [April 1, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/141 "2022-04-01T19:04:13Z")
> [@digs](#): > > The word Oook has been misspelled. Would you like me to delete four o’s for you?” k * * * ---
**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:** [April 1, 2022, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/142 "2022-04-01T19:26:02Z")
Hmmmm………the article says the app has 1.2 million downloads. I’m currently #810,838 on the waiting list, and I downloaded a day or two after it was released, although it took me a couple of weeks to register because of the massive technical difficulties. Which leads me to wonder……does Truth Social even exist? It would be probably be really easy to make an app that accepts an e-mail address and assigns a waiting list number. Maybe that’s ALL they have. Or maybe it does exist, and it really is that bad. Conservatives don’t believe in science, and that apparently includes computer science. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/143 "2022-04-01T19:35:33Z")
In their world the whole thing is a smashing success! Anyone saying it’s a flop is just fake news, MSM, Soros-inspired lies! ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/144 "2022-04-01T19:44:28Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > Hmmmm………the article says the app has 1.2 million downloads. I’m currently #810,838 on the waiting list, and I downloaded a day or two after it was released, although it took me a couple of weeks to register because of the massive technical difficulties. > > Which leads me to wonder……does Truth Social even exist? It would be probably be really easy to make an app that accepts an e-mail address and assigns a waiting list number. Maybe that’s ALL they have. I would think they’d at least try to get your credit card number, if nothing else. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/145 "2022-04-01T19:57:28Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > I’m currently #810,838 on the waiting list Has that number moved at all? When they say ‘waiting list’ they may mean ‘list’ (you were the 810,838th downloader). They’re undoubtedly processing 10s of requests a day, so they’ll get right on your request in the order it was received. Your request is very important to them. ---
**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 2, 2022, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/146 "2022-04-02T01:49:55Z")
Good news! Dana Milbank, columnist at WaPo, tried Truth Social so the rest of us don’t have to! > **[Opinion | I tried Trump’s Truth Social so you don’t have to](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/01/truth-social-trump-network-propaganda/)** > > Here are all the things Truth Social taught me. Well, surprise, surprise. There really _are_ some posts there. Milbank tells us some of the “truths” he learned there, that you won’t learn from the Fake News Media. The CIA, the National Institutes of Health and Hunter Biden are all deeply involved in those Ukrainian bioweapons labs, which are developing bioweapons to target Abrahamic bloodlines, or maybe to attack Russia with them. All of which the Demon Rats kept hidden from Trump during his term, by distracting him with two fake impeachments. All this an much more! ETA: And oh yes, Soros is funding all this. ---
**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 2, 2022, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/147 "2022-04-02T01:52:50Z")
Milbank does predict : > [@](#): > > Seems Trump’s social media venture is headed the way of Trump University, Trump’s Atlantic City casinos, Trump’s charities, Trump mattresses, Trump steaks, Trump clothing, Trump perfume, Trump lighting, Trump floor coverings, Trump eyewear, the Trump presidency and American democracy. I wonder if Devin Nunes will be able to get his old job back? ---
**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 2, 2022, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/148 "2022-04-02T02:22:57Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > I wonder if Devin Nunes will be able to get his old job back? I’m sure he owns a nice farm upstate he can retire to. ---
**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 2, 2022, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/149 "2022-04-02T02:23:27Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > I wonder if Devin Nunes will be able to get his old job back? milking cows? ---
**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:** [April 2, 2022, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/150 "2022-04-02T02:31:20Z")
I’ve been telling people on this Facebook Truth Social group that if they want to clear the waitlist and start posting, they need to: 1. Make a big donation to Trump 2. Take a screenshot of the donation confirmation 3. Take a screenshot of Truth Social that shows your waitlist number 4. Post both documents to Devin Nunes’s Twitter account I swear it worked for me! Frankly, I don’t know if Nunes still has a Twitter account, but it doesn’t matter, it’s fun either way. ---
**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 2, 2022, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/151 "2022-04-02T02:34:15Z")
That just makes me smile 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2022, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/152 "2022-04-02T02:39:42Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > The CIA, the National Institutes of Health and Hunter Biden are all deeply involved in those Ukrainian bioweapons labs, which are developing bioweapons to target Abrahamic bloodlines, or maybe to attack Russia with them. All of which the Demon Rats kept hidden from Trump during his term, by distracting him with two fake impeachments. > > All this an much more! > > ETA: And oh yes, Soros is funding all this. There’s a lot to untangle there, but perhaps the biggest sign that this is really fucking stupid is that George Soros himself _is_ Jewish, so why in the world would he be creating a bioweapon to target Abrahamic bloodlines? ---
**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:** [April 2, 2022, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/153 "2022-04-02T02:52:16Z")
IMHO, the only reason the alt-right hates and targets Soros way more than other politically active liberal American millionaires is Putin. Soros, with his mission of westernizing Eastern Europe, is Putin’s biggest villain, and I’m convinced he’s behind all the Soros hate. ETA: we’ll, maybe not all of it, but without the Russia effect I don’t think the right would hate Soros any more than they hate Bloomberg. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2022, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/154 "2022-04-02T08:56:59Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > There’s a lot to untangle there, but perhaps the biggest sign that this is really fucking stupid is that George Soros himself _is_ Jewish, so why in the world would he be creating a bioweapon to target Abrahamic bloodlines? It makes no more sense than a friend of mine who is absolutely convinced Biden is inept, incompetent, and senile while simultaneously a criminal mastermind, in charge of a global conspiracy, and playing 4-d chess with international politics. Isn’t there an Orwellian Newspeak term for that sort of mental gymnastics? I’m typing this a 4 am and the caffeine hasn’t kicked in yet so I’m having trouble remembering that one. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2022, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/155 "2022-04-02T09:16:53Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > In their world the whole thing is a smashing success! Anyone saying it’s a flop is just fake news, MSM, Soros-inspired lies! Correct. All the MAGAt’s agree on this and are chatting about it non-stop. On facebook. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2022, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/156 "2022-04-02T09:58:43Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Isn’t there an Orwellian Newspeak term for that sort of mental gymnastics? [Doublethink](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doublethink) > Doublethink is a process of indoctrination in which subjects are expected to simultaneously accept two conflicting beliefs as truth, often at odds with their own memory or sense of reality. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2022, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/157 "2022-04-02T13:09:34Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Good news! Dana Milbank, columnist at WaPo, tried Truth Social so the rest of us don’t have to! > > [https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/01/truth-social-trump-network-propaganda/](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/01/truth-social-trump-network-propaganda/) > > Well, surprise, surprise. There really _are_ some posts there. Milbank tells us some of the “truths” he learned there, that you won’t learn from the Fake News Media. > > The CIA, the National Institutes of Health and Hunter Biden are all deeply involved in those Ukrainian bioweapons labs, which are developing bioweapons to target Abrahamic bloodlines, or maybe to attack Russia with them. All of which the Demon Rats kept hidden from Trump during his term, by distracting him with two fake impeachments. > > All this an much more! > > ETA: And oh yes, Soros is funding all this. That second impeachment that came in the final weeks of his term? Yes I’m sure it was a terrible distraction. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/158 "2022-04-04T15:08:40Z")
Apparently two key executives have jumped ship. > **[Exclusive: Two key tech execs quit Truth Social after troubled app launch](https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-two-key-tech-execs-quit-truth-social-after-troubled-app-launch-2022-04-04/)** > > The two Southern tech entrepreneurs had the two qualities that Donald Trump’s startup needed: tech-industry expertise and a worldview aligned with the former president. Trith Social is not very forthcoming about its corporate structure, but from what I gleaned from this article, it consists (consisted?) of Nunes at the top, then two guys that were contestants on The Apprentice, then under them the two guys that just bailed, who were apparently selected because they were the only two people anywhere with any tech experience that were willing to work for a Trump Enterprise. I’m still #810,838 on the waiting list, and if the app has only been downloaded 1.2 million times, that’s pretty funny. I also find it funny that they are still advertising for _ **an** _ engineer to build the Android app. One engineer, and they haven’t been able to fill the position. I also find it amusing that Trump isn’t posting on the platform at all, he hasn’t posted except for his one “see you soon” introductory tweet….oops, truth……because, in typical Trump fashion, his enterprises are all about people doing stuff FOR him, and he doesn’t like it when he has to help. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/159 "2022-04-04T15:33:10Z")
Does Trump have an Android phone? That might explain the lack of posts. 😛 Actually, an even better possibility… Trump has downloaded the fake Truth Social app on Android, and has been posting to that. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024/160 "2022-04-04T15:34:45Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > Apparently two key executives have jumped ship. The only real loss there is Billy Boozer. I’d hate to have to strike that beautiful name off the payroll. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-trumps-new-social-network-i-hear-crickets/960024.md?page=9)