The story goes on under the ad Trump has been outraged by the slow release of the app and has considered joining other platforms such as Gettr, one of its biggest competitors, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue. Driven by the former president’s frustration, Nunes worked to install his own people in the troubled company, leading to the resignation of chief technology, product development and legal affairs. according to people who know the disorder. The departures were first reported by Reuters and Politico. Nunes was said to have traveled regularly to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, to brief the former president and discuss platform issues. Trump hopes the platform will eventually be profitable, but was reluctant to post on it because it “is not ready for the hour,” a close adviser said. The story goes on under the ad However, he has continued to pay attention to Twitter, which he has repeatedly criticized as irrelevant since the site banned him last year. He continues to review tweets from politicians and members of the media from time to time, two of the people said. Truth Social was designed to be the flagship product of the Media & Technology Trump Group, a start-up that Trump’s advisers said would become a “media force” that would include online videos, entertainment and news. But his first questions have hampered Trump’s ability to focus on the Internet and raise money from his fans. The app, which went down about 200,000 times a day, dropped sharply to an average of 10,000 installations per day last month, according to estimates by analyst firm Sensor Tower. The app has been installed about 1.2 million times since its release on February 21st. The story goes on under the ad Trump recently had dinner in Mar-a-Lago with billionaire Peter Thiel, a long-time investor in Facebook’s parent company Meta, who plans to leave the board this year to focus on other ventures. It is not clear if they talked about Truth Social, but Thiel is a big supporter of Rumble, a video site popular with conservatives that now offers some technical support services to Trump. Representatives of Trump, Trump’s company and Thiel did not respond to requests for comment. Some right-wingers have been blamed not only for Truth Social – saying its online censorship policies are as problematic as the critically acclaimed Big Tech sites – but also for the whole prospect of a safe haven for conservative internet chats, arguing that the echo chamber can limit their ability to reach an audience. The story goes on under the ad But even without setting the Internet on fire, Truth Social could give Trump some leverage. The social network registration page could allow the company to take advantage of phone numbers and email addresses of a wide variety of potential sponsors and voters. And if the US Securities and Exchange Commission approves its merger with Digital World Acquisition, a “special purpose acquisition” (SPAC) company used for “whitewashed” investments, Trump’s company could gain access to more than $ 1 billion dollars that investors have pledged since the company’s big ambitions were announced at the end of last year. But even that could be questioned. The merger remains under investigation by the SEC, which last week voted to make all SPAC bids legally liable for the financial forecasts they make to investors. This policy change could be opened companies that offer extremely optimistic forecasts for potentially costly investor lawsuits. Trump SPAC saw a cash flood immediately after its release, but its share price has fallen since the app was released, threatening the cash cushion the company might need for growth. The story goes on under the ad The share price fell 10 percent on Monday after reports of executive departures and started on Tuesday with another drop of 10 percent. SPAC also missed a deadline Thursday to submit its annual report to the SEC, saying it would take up to 15 more days to complete the project. Prospective users have been complaining for weeks about a seemingly stable waiting list of more than 1 million people. A user who signed up shortly after the app was released said that when he finally received an invitation, the welcome email led him to a broken link. Those who sign up are greeted by Trump’s official account, which has 846,000 followers – less than 1 percent of his lost followers on Twitter – and a post almost two months ago that says, “Get ready! Get ready!” Your beloved President will see you soon! “ The story goes on under the ad Trump’s former deputy chief of staff, Daniel Scavino Jr., posted 263 “truths,” beginning with a post showing a red wave in the ocean and the message, “THERE ARE MORE THAN US! ΑΣ ΓΚΟΟΟΟΟΟΟΟΟΟΟΟΟΟΟΟΟΟ !! He had posted almost the same on Twitter. Recent additions to the app include Trump’s sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, who acquired accounts last week. Eric has posted eight times, including asking, “If Trump were creating a Hard Cider (he’s thinking of adding it to the Trump Winery seasonally), what would he be called?” Trump Jr.’s first post was: “Who is ready for a little truth!”. The second was a meme image of actress Jada Pinkett Smith with a hot dog in her mouth. Trump’s wife, Melania, has not posted on the app for three weeks. There are no official accounts for Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, or his former vice president, Mike Pence. Some of the biggest meme sharing accounts on Instagram have created Truth Social accounts in the hope of reaching new audiences. However, loyalty to the app remains remarkably low: With the exception of #Truth, all the top hashtags – including #Ukraine, #Inflation and #GasPrices – are marked on the app as having less than 1,000 “talking people”. The story goes on under the ad The app has faced the same problems that have plagued more established social networks such as Facebook and Twitter, including floods of fake information, distorted photos and foreign government propaganda. Some users, including Trump’s longtime amplifier, Roger Stone, have also complained that the app is censoring their posts. But Truth Social users also experienced more basic technical headaches. The content of the app is only visible on the Apple iPhone app – there is no Android version to download – and links to individual “truths” do not open in a standard web browser. Last month, the app’s developers also reported that due to database memory problems, users were “currently experiencing slow truth distribution.” (The issue, they said, has been fixed since then.) Lori Heyer-Bednar, a South Florida lawyer who recently resigned as chief legal officer of the company, said in an interview with the Conservative Political Action Conference in February that the company worked around the clock to clear the application’s waiting list and resolve other issues. . saying, “We work as fast as we can.” The story goes on under the ad He gave a “cry” to the Truth Social team, saying that “the release of this product was absolutely amazing, not only in time, but early. Once again, Trump did. Promises made, promises kept “. Two of these executives have left the company. Heyer-Bednar did not respond to a request for comment. Trump has been struggling to gain internet attention since being blocked from all major social networks last year. His last major attempt at internet communication, a blog, was dropped after 29 days. He continued to send messages about his products, his TV appearances and the game of golf via email. Republican campaign groups, however, commonly use the name Truth Social in fundraising emails, saying the platform is “already # 1” and that people should sign up to the social network “IMMEDIATELY NOW to prove you are a patriot.” Some of Trump’s aides have turned their attention to another product, a recent conservative news app called MxM News, which could serve as an alternative to the Drudge Report, which once praised Trump, but he has since become the focus of his rage. After Trump Jr. launched it last month, some on the Internet said they hoped it would be as successful as Truth Social. Douglas MacMillan and Magda Jean-Louis contributed to this report.
