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Fake news alert! Donald Trump’s new social media app is a triumph
Opinion by Arwa Mahdawi - Yesterday 9:18 AM
Truth hurts, everyone knows that. Nevertheless, I wasn’t expecting my experience with Truth Social, Donald Trump’s new social media venture, to be quite so painful. After months of fanfare, the former president’s new app, which is essentially a Twitter clone, was opened to the US public on Sunday night. Obviously, I signed up straight away – or at least I tried to.
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I spent 20 frustrating minutes attempting to create a new account and getting error message after error message. Eventually, I managed to sign up with the username @stormyd, only to be told that I had been put on a waiting list “due to massive demand”. I was number 194,276 in line, apparently. Which, I’m sure, is a very precise number and not something they just pulled out of the air.
It is unclear how many people were actually successful at getting on Truth Social – although the Guardian has reported that at least one Catholic priest managed to join. The fact that you, apparently, needed God on your side to secure an account wasn’t the only issue with the launch: the app has also run into potential legal trouble. Turns out, Truth Social may not have just taken inspiration from Twitter, the app’s logo looks suspiciously like that of a British solar power startup called TRAILAR. “Great to see Donald Trump supporting a growing sustainability business!” TRAILAR tweeted on Monday. “Maybe ask next time?”
Above is from: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/22/donald-trump-new-social-media-app-truth-social
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