The head of engineering for the company that operates former U.S. President Donald Trump’s Truth Social app told Reuters on Monday he had resigned, in a blow for the venture.

The head of engineering for the company that operates former U.S. President Donald Trump’s Truth Social app told Reuters on Monday he had resigned, in a blow for the venture.

  • Nightwingdragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I didn’t realize that that thing still existed. By now, isn’t it just Trump spending a whole hell of a lot of money to talk to himself?

    I’d be curious to know how many of his “followers” are actually just bots and accounts made up by his staff so Trump thinks people actually follow him.

    Seriously, does anybody of note (or at all, for that matter) actually use that app? I’ve never seen a non-Trump post. (I refuse to call it a “truth” because truth is something that has never once come out of his mouth.)

    • carl_dungeon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Another comment highlighted the disparity between his “5.x million” followers and 600k or so actual monthly users. And how many of those are bots too you know?

      • Nightwingdragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I’d also be willing to bet that at least some of his “live” followers are merely journalists who only have an account so they can follow him as part of their job, along with probably all of his employees who are likely required to follow his account as a condition of employment.