# What about Trump's new social network? I hear crickets

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**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")\
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**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")

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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):
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> 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?

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