Twitter is the platform used by Government. From the federal level, down to state, and even local police departments. It's where the battle is, whether we like it or not.
indeed. when advertisers demand to know who saw their ads, twitter would confirm it was seen by millions of accounts.... but we all know they are faked so twitter could make a profit.
LOL, just look at all the corporate media accounts that get low engagement but have millions of followers. When engagement haa to be paid for, there's some sort of fraud going on. The ad agencies are about to get dicked down too lol. I've been explaining this for years and all the ad folks that get brought to corporate marketing keep saying I'm wrong. There's going to be a mass email backing up why I've always gotten away with the phrase " dumb woman" when pointing out why these people are wrong
Just because you say something doesn't mean it's true.
Twitter, no matter how many angry lefties say they'll leave under Musk, will continue to thrive and be integral in US pop culture for the immediate future. No progressives and very few self-proclaimed liberals will migrate to an alternative where Trump has a substantial personal and financial stake.
It's going to be around until Bill Gates or who the fuck ever decide to make a faggy, liberal alternative.
Lets look the facts on the ground. I don't see it. Especially with Musk buying Twitter it's going to take off.
Trump got 7k likes on truth social shortly after "tweeting". That's going to be a large chunk of everyone active on there and these are not good numbers.
That’s exactly why the brakes were hit on the sale. They expected a certain percentage of users were bots. But when the real number was disclosed it was beyond all expectations. Actually the Indian dude and the CFO should be arrested for fraud or securities violations. People bought stock based on their user data. If that was fraudulent, it’s inflating the value of the stock.
I posit that Musk will still end up being the owner of Twitter, but that price is coming down. Doubtlessly, percentage of bot users was in some condition to closing in the agreement. It must be MASSIVELY off. Now they'll have to readjust price. Or, Musk knew the whole time and just did this to peal back the bullshit, expose it, and crash out the stock. In before he buys 10% of Truth Social.
This conjecture has some merit in my opinion. Musk has stated that he does not view the valuation in a strictly monetary sense. He views the value as control of the defacto public square. As such, a strictly financial consideration of the deal is probably not a full understanding of Musk's intention or desire for the deal.
He may be primarily trying to gain access to information and data that are only available by tendering a bona-fide offer.
Elon is fundamentally an engineer... and assuming this as his motivation his actions in regards to this buyout deal begin to make a great deal more sense.
Even if it were 25% bots Twitter still has a huge user base of real people. How many are actually American though is only known to those within Twitter.
And even then, only few get their voices seen. The rest get ignored, censored, shadow-banned, or outright banned from the platform.
But I still think, even with all that aside, it's a very public and very influential platform. And him not using it makes it clear he has no further political ambitions beyond being behind the scenes.
We didn't see any real justice under Trump's administration, due to the nature of the festering swamp, so I certainly don't expect any justice to come out of Biden's admin, any other Dem admin, or RINO administration either.
We need a MAGA president, MAGA AG,, MAGA speaker, MAGA senate majority leader (and major MAGA senators) and then we might see some real change.
Trump was trying to drain the swamp with a bucket that had a thousand holes in it while being neck deep in the middle.
First week of round 2 should be Massacre week. In Watergate there was the Friday Night Massacre, in 2025 we need every night to deliver a wave of fresh firings and dismissals for at least a week or two. The media will ball like molested bear cubs regardless, give them something worth their worry. 3 month near total shutdown. Government closed for renovations.
A user base of brain dead idiots that can't put a coherent sentence together does not matter Twitter is obsessed with celebrities and Hollywood that's about it,
It does matter when each of those braindead idiots get their information from Twitter bubbles and then spread it around to those not on Twitter and then those people vote accordingly. You can't sit there with a straight face and tell me that's not a problem.
It's also a big problem with reddit and Facebook. These braindead cunts aren't all friendless and have no family. If Twitter was so innocent and irrelevant then Elon Musk would have zero interest. They wouldn't ban Trump and nearly every other conservative out there.
Like it or not, don't underestimate the combined power of the social media giants.
Very very few are actually bots. There are tons of fake accounts that are used to scam people. I even have a couple of accounts that I use as an NPC. Unless people don't consider bots as only computer programs anymore
bots are pretty damn advanced now and people don't even consider what they're talking to is a not. as an experiment I posted the most inane shit on politicalhumor and I got spam upvoted.
I liken twitters user base to states voter rolls. They don’t get cleaned, they’re full of fake, dead, or appropriated names, and the numbers are way off.
this is either legitimate 4d chess, maybe even coordinated by Elon and Trump together - legitimate, not this "trust Sessions"-level bullshit - OR, it's Trump being stupid which isn't out of the realm of possibility when it comes to his basket here he seems to have placed all his eggs in
this shitty ass fucking "truth" basket i wish would die already and stop wasting his time
nobody wants a social media site based on "politics" and "truth" what fucking kid/teen/young-adult is that going to sound appealing to and yes, that is the main demographic of social media and the source of life for such an endeavor
...aka what Twitter is
...which would be under NEW MANAGEMENT
IT'S THE SAME AS A COUNTRY BEING UNDER A NEW PRESIDENT - IT'S WORTH BEING PROUD OF AND COMING BACK TO (if Elon things pan out) NOT SAYING "OH EVEN THOUGH TRUMP IS PRESIDENT AGAIN FUCK USA I AIN'T COMING BACK"
Trump is still a boomer at heart unfortunately
this Twitter thing is MAJOR if Elon wins and Trump gets back on but after seeing all the "4d chess" in 2016+ I'm not sure if he sees it beyond his ego
Truth is far more than politics and will go really big. People are dying for news, movies etc. that is not woke. I mean just look at the quality of entertainment these days...it's incredibly boring. Just turn the clock back and make content like what existed before the woke era, movies and shows that are actually interesting and you can make billions.
I think you're right. Social media is 10000% based on the younger generations, and only growing. Boomers are dying off, or deleting social media, and it just thins the crowd. I agree Truth was a mistake. Politics is why I haven't joined GAB.. It's just a place for politics.
All these boomer-tech startups are doomed to fail if Musk gets his hands on Twitter. They're all bargain bin knockoffs that people only use to say things they can't say on Big Tech platforms. Usually managed by people who are clueless about tech and social media too.
The real game changers are the blockchain-based platforms that crypto bros are setting up. Minds and Odysee have completely changed the game for me as a small content creator. Never could get anyone's attention on the other sites due to over saturation and curated suggestions.
Just flipped around on news feeds and reporting the "takeover" is "on hold" due to false accounts. I am assuming Elon's position is they sold him a company based on false bots and not accurate.
I think one said he can pay a 1 billion walk away fee and that the other side is prepping for different scenarios.
Twitter stock dropped 9ish % today. Not sure if due to Biden economy or what news feeds are stating.
Maybe this is what Elon was trying to bring to light?
at this point I'm content with just knowing I'm not smart enough to know what Elon's plan is. I just know at the end it's going to work out for him. I'm going to enjoy the show.
Just have to break the mental conditioning. For years I would say "Google it" like everyone else does, but these days I say "look up" or "do an internet search." I know 95/100 someone's Googling it, but at least I'm not doing any advertising for them, well, except for this comment, doh! :)
Could just say post. I mean, that's what we always called it before Twitter and their stupid "tweets" stuff. We'd say, "did you see what that dude posted?"
Don’t even understand his stance here? He’d rather Twitter stay the woke route and completely demolish the Conservative party from the app? Trump needs better advisers
I get that he wants truth social to be successful and profitable, but when one of the world's most important people is offering you his hand, maybe don't slap it away.
Had nothing to do with him using it. His stance is dumb and people who blindly follow trump are destined for the sads. Now go vote for dr oz like the real shill
That's a preferable theory, but I can't say I quite see it, given that Elon doesn't even own Twitter yet and this is a jab at the legality of his purchase.
That's fair. It's hard for me to think that Trump would rather see Twitter revert to its previous weaponized, cancerous form than hope that Musk can remove its vile bias, merely in the name of the almighty dollar. But it's not unreasonable, our man GEOTUS lives for the battle. But if they have decided to work the room in tandem....this is going to be yuge.
This is the best part right here because he’s exposing everything that all of us have known for years. Twitter is fake and gay. Most of the “users” are bots and shill accounts. It’s a completely artificial reality.
The beauty of all of this is that this information would never come out short of discovery so he’s basically forcing Twitter to strip, bend over, spread their cheeks and lift their sacks.
Elon throws shade at Trump yesterday and you guys are quiet, Trump slaps back and its a bad move? please. Elon is a businessman and he isnt a clean businessman either, he deals with China on the regular, he scammed Cali into some hyperloop bullshit that fucked the taxpapers out of billions. Trump knows this stuff, if he suggests Elon was trying to pull a fast one here, there may be more to it. Go Maga King!
God damn I forgot about that. I was wondering why the hell Trump would poke Elon about "illegally aquired" shares.
It certainly makes sense, moves - counter-moves - Elon pokes Trump, Trump pokes back.
Besides I have to say I'm kinda with Trump on this one.
I don't think that Truth Social has even really started to play out yet. I'm not sure where it's going and I'm not even on it because I don't have iPhone (I'm not even sure that Truth Social being on Android or web at all is even relevant to it's main goals) but it seems to be serving some kind of purpose that new-mgmt Twitter can't fill for as yet unknown reasons.
I'm not jumping on the "Trump should shut up and get on Twitter" train until everything is clear.
For all we know Elon is trying to trap Trump by getting him to return to Twitter setting up some kinda plot the globohomos have cooked up that requires Trump to be on Twitter. I don't know, maybe not that. But there's DEFINITELY something more interesting going on here.
To be fair, he made Trump being ‘divisive’ out to be a bad thing. Said he’d prefer a ‘less divisive candidate’ in 2024. What I don’t understand is how it is divisive to love America, blame criminals for being criminals, and loving everything your country stands for, and actually doing a good job as President. That’s the world we live in nowadays with the whiny, immature Democrats.
Way too many people (even some conservatives I know) are using the "Trump is divisive" talking point. No, he's actually not. It's not his fault leftists are fucking insane. They're only exposing themselves.
President Trump’s inaugural speech was wonderful. Then the news media immediately reported how divisive it was. Trump punches back, but he never punches first.
he posted yesterday that Biden was elected and that he was elected because Trump was drama. fuck him if he thinks there was an 81 million vote and fuck him for thinking Trump caused trouble when trouble has been happening for years and decades and Trump was trying to cut that shit out by draining the swamp.
If there is some coordination to our benefit, and there seems to be, then this is it. A significant portion of conservative generated Twitter content will just be Truth reposted as Tweets. Maybe I'm dreaming but that seems to be a feasible outcome in this environment. I'm sure there will be a Trump account tweeting all his Truth posts.
I can't believe they skipped over half their market potential at launch. Stunning lack of awareness. But we get a browser version at least...at some point.
You don't need google to distribute the truth social install. On Android, you can just install APKs with no oversight, unlike Apple's walled garden where you can only install unapproved apps by jailbreaking the damn thing.
They want a commercial product not some fly by night bullshit download our APK crap the boomers don't know how to do, and normies will see the potential security threat warning on install and freak out.
They should be transparent on why its not on Android and OWA yet, but they aren't and there has to be a reason. There wouldn't be this kind of delay even if their App Developer was a novice, once the ios one was released.
If Trump sends out messages, emails and videos telling you to go to TruthSocial.com and follow the instructions to install TRUTH on your Google Phone "Because Google is crooked and won't allow our program on their store".......tens of millions of people can and would do it. -- "And if you can't figure it out, please get in touch with your family members and ask them for help, so you can join us in the fight to reclaim America!" etc. You make it sound like you'd have to crack open the phone and solder some connections together. Let's not be silly, it takes like 45 seconds to side load an app.
It's probably not out on Android yet because they were hoping for more $$$$ up-front from investors (so they could hire hundreds of full-time developers) and the money never materialized. It will take a lot of money and signing bonuses, etc, to get people to leave GOOD jobs at places like Twitter, Facebook, Google, etc, and come work for Truth Social, knowing it has almost ZERO foundation and could theoretically be shut down next year or even next month. Nobody is leaving behind a permanent IT job to come work for Truth without huge signing bonuses.
Because I'm sure Apple is far more fair than Google right? They are both globohomo and leftist companies. He could have gone with a web version launch and reached more than just giving it to iOS which is known to be far more harsh on apps and remove them quicker than even Google.
Don't understand Trump's angle here. Does he want Twitter to stay a leftist propaganda outlet to drive people to Truth? I understand if he doesn't want to use the platform again, but why is he lambasting Musk?
And use a platform 75% of his potential voters can't even access? I refuse to buy a fruit phone, just to get in a waiting list. You know what's dumber than Elon paying $44B for Twitter? Starting a new platform, and not even having web based access.
Lacking web based access is just insane. We have heard no explanation as to why root of online infrastructure is not part of the roll-out package. I'm no pro but it seems fucking weird.
I'm confused too - have not heard this angle until now and obviously have not heard an explanation. Was this a bungled way of saying Elon was ripped off?
I hate to say it, but Trump had all year to get Truth social working, get on it, and start communicating with his base.
He didn't do it until Elon lit a fire under his ass. That's capitalism for ya, you snooze you lose, and it keeps everyone, even the best, on their toes.
I love Trump, but many times his ego gets in the way. This is one of those times. Truth Social? Yeah, I'll join... Oh wait, I own a Android device like, I don't know, half the country, so I can't. (smh)
If he really won't fight in the public square he won't be elected President. We have to accept what twitter is and represent ourselves there. I'm not voting for fleeing. I will only vote for a valuable culture warrior and retreat is not a valuable cultural tactic.
This is Trump trying to get Truth Social off the ground nothing more. I’m a die hard Trump supporter ask anybody but the man has abandoned several failed businesses in the past. If Truth Social fails he will cut and as quick as Kamala Harris gets on her knees for political advancement.
He made a dumb move no doubt about it. He way overpaid. Look at the stock market. The NASDAQ is in correction territory. He literally bought Twitter at the peak.
Daddy Trump we're not asking you to go back to Twitter and stay there. We're asking you to go back and put one last tweet up so we can bathe in the salty tears of liberal faggots who would literally off themselves if they saw you post on there. We're not asking you to abandon truth social. No idiot abandons their own investment but for God sake go out on one for the road.
The investment was made in a competitor of Twitter. Like Gab, Truth and that other platform, they didn't compete. They barely had any people on them. In other words, they failed. Too little, too late. Got beaten by Musk in the same competition. You should always abandon totally failed investments.
Solid. I respect someone who does this. I mean, in todays world it doesnt even matter, big tech is gonna try and fuck you no matter what, but someone who has been spurned by them, fucking them over? please, yes.
Why is everyone hating on Truth? We desperately need an alternative to twitter and this is it. We should be supporting it, not attacking it. "BuT I cAn't UsE iT yEt!" Relax, the web version will be out by the end of the month per Devin Nunes
Some of it is shitting on it. Some of it is pointing out whoever is in charge and made the call to go iOS first made a mistake. I'm not the sharpest bulb in the crayon drawer but even I know if you launch something you do it where it can reach the most people the quickest.
Brilliant. Let the media and the left control the narrative for all normies while the right sits in the corner shouting at each other without reaching any normies.
Someone please explain how this is brilliant? Because I'm 100% sure it's brilliant.
He just did. He's an influential figure in 2022, and this is called bad publicity. It has some sort of effect one way or another, if minor. That's the whole point behind being an influential public figure, and Trump is well known for doing this sort of thing. It's exactly why so many on the left don't want him back on Twitter in the first place.
But you're clearly an anti-Elon throwaway account, so words are wasted on you.
I was hoping Elon would make him Interim CEO. It would only take one day for what his job would be. It would also be the greatest day in history. A man can dream though. Anyways, Fuck Joe Biden.
You so mad over me criticizing Trump (when I like the guy and voted for him twice) but didnt give me one rebuttal over what I said except saying I am Jeb supporter. I've been on TheDonald since it's inception. You can cope and seethe all you want, I just want the best for this movement.
Here's the problem. The way I and some others see it Trump joined the Patriot movement which already existed. But some people seem confused about our movement and think it's the Trump movement. It's not.
One day Trump will be gone and the patriot movement will go on. Our honorable goals and eternal vigilance are bigger than any 1 man.
I have for the past 6 years pretended to be a Trump supporter, but was actually a Berniebro. Sorry guys, sorry for being fake. This 12 minute account found me out. He has my dox bro. Im scared.
Prediction: Elon purchases Twitter and unlocks Trump’s account symbolically. People will then begin to tweet at him and tag him in various things anyway, despite him saying he is not coming back. All the bots that were created to troll Trump’s account would reawaken. Media begins talking about his pre-deactivation posts again. Trump realizes too much attention is on his Twitter account (instead of his new Truth account) and all his previous years of posts. Then, he deactivates it.
If Trump doesn't go back to twitter he isn't running for President in 2024. You heard it here first, folks.
I think you're vastly overinflating Twitter. How many of the users are socks or bots?
10%, imo, would be a huge number.
Twitter is the platform used by Government. From the federal level, down to state, and even local police departments. It's where the battle is, whether we like it or not.
Might not be for long if it implodes under the weight of its own fraud.
indeed. when advertisers demand to know who saw their ads, twitter would confirm it was seen by millions of accounts.... but we all know they are faked so twitter could make a profit.
TWITTER IS GOING DOWN LIKE A CHEAP WHORE BEHIND THE PEP BOYS. Fraud Vitates Everything. (Except Election Fraud I guess)
Pep Boys closed years ago due to rampant theft in my neighborhood. (Diversity had nothing to do with its demise I guess)
Manny Moe and Jack seen smoking's the crack all across the country mumbling " was I not black enough??" While rummaging through garbage....
Employee theft?
I like how Elon offered to buy twitter just to fuck‘em over.
LOL, just look at all the corporate media accounts that get low engagement but have millions of followers. When engagement haa to be paid for, there's some sort of fraud going on. The ad agencies are about to get dicked down too lol. I've been explaining this for years and all the ad folks that get brought to corporate marketing keep saying I'm wrong. There's going to be a mass email backing up why I've always gotten away with the phrase " dumb woman" when pointing out why these people are wrong
From your keyboard to God's ear.
Lmao living in the past life moves fast Twitter out Truth social in
Just because you say something doesn't mean it's true.
Twitter, no matter how many angry lefties say they'll leave under Musk, will continue to thrive and be integral in US pop culture for the immediate future. No progressives and very few self-proclaimed liberals will migrate to an alternative where Trump has a substantial personal and financial stake. It's going to be around until Bill Gates or who the fuck ever decide to make a faggy, liberal alternative.
Do you not see your hypocrisy in your statement?
Lets look the facts on the ground. I don't see it. Especially with Musk buying Twitter it's going to take off.
Trump got 7k likes on truth social shortly after "tweeting". That's going to be a large chunk of everyone active on there and these are not good numbers.
It'll gain over time. Once available on Android, it'll really pick up, and at least double.
But yes, Twitter is the battleground. Everyone on here should have a presence on Twitter... People aren't going to redpill themselves.
2 more weeks!
The fact that it isn't available on android is proof that Truth social is poorly run. Launching the way it has is terrible.
Truth Social's fumbled launch has been a total embarrassment.
Ex-fucking-zactly. You nailed it. At the very least, you can follow Gab's example.
That’s exactly why the brakes were hit on the sale. They expected a certain percentage of users were bots. But when the real number was disclosed it was beyond all expectations. Actually the Indian dude and the CFO should be arrested for fraud or securities violations. People bought stock based on their user data. If that was fraudulent, it’s inflating the value of the stock.
This. Even Dorsey should be in Federal prison. These fuckers stone cold lied to the investors. God damn it if I did it, I'd be in jail.
Of course Dorsey. Why should he be off the hook?
TWITTER IS AN INTRINSIC FRAUD
Good thing the Biden DoJ is investigating Musk for his end of the sale. They'll get to the bottom of this tomfoolery!
I posit that Musk will still end up being the owner of Twitter, but that price is coming down. Doubtlessly, percentage of bot users was in some condition to closing in the agreement. It must be MASSIVELY off. Now they'll have to readjust price. Or, Musk knew the whole time and just did this to peal back the bullshit, expose it, and crash out the stock. In before he buys 10% of Truth Social.
This conjecture has some merit in my opinion. Musk has stated that he does not view the valuation in a strictly monetary sense. He views the value as control of the defacto public square. As such, a strictly financial consideration of the deal is probably not a full understanding of Musk's intention or desire for the deal.
He may be primarily trying to gain access to information and data that are only available by tendering a bona-fide offer.
Elon is fundamentally an engineer... and assuming this as his motivation his actions in regards to this buyout deal begin to make a great deal more sense.
Kek.
I'd be alright with putting their heads on spikes for punishment
Even if it were 25% bots Twitter still has a huge user base of real people. How many are actually American though is only known to those within Twitter.
And even then, only few get their voices seen. The rest get ignored, censored, shadow-banned, or outright banned from the platform.
But I still think, even with all that aside, it's a very public and very influential platform. And him not using it makes it clear he has no further political ambitions beyond being behind the scenes.
The only way I see Trump back on Twitter, is if it is merged and Twitter becomes truth social. Which I could see happening.
But I don't really care about this. I want people arrested. Is fauci still breathing?
We didn't see any real justice under Trump's administration, due to the nature of the festering swamp, so I certainly don't expect any justice to come out of Biden's admin, any other Dem admin, or RINO administration either.
We need a MAGA president, MAGA AG,, MAGA speaker, MAGA senate majority leader (and major MAGA senators) and then we might see some real change.
Trump was trying to drain the swamp with a bucket that had a thousand holes in it while being neck deep in the middle.
First week of round 2 should be Massacre week. In Watergate there was the Friday Night Massacre, in 2025 we need every night to deliver a wave of fresh firings and dismissals for at least a week or two. The media will ball like molested bear cubs regardless, give them something worth their worry. 3 month near total shutdown. Government closed for renovations.
I don’t care if Trump is on Twitter or truth, all he’s doing supporting rinos and swamp rats.
It's called fraud.
Same with Reddit. At least 40 percent of users are not US based.
more curious about the % of users are bots
Twitter management better watch their bungholes. They're facing some hard time in a Federal Pound Me in The Ass Facility on these FRAUD CHARGES.
A user base of brain dead idiots that can't put a coherent sentence together does not matter Twitter is obsessed with celebrities and Hollywood that's about it,
It does matter when each of those braindead idiots get their information from Twitter bubbles and then spread it around to those not on Twitter and then those people vote accordingly. You can't sit there with a straight face and tell me that's not a problem.
It's also a big problem with reddit and Facebook. These braindead cunts aren't all friendless and have no family. If Twitter was so innocent and irrelevant then Elon Musk would have zero interest. They wouldn't ban Trump and nearly every other conservative out there.
Like it or not, don't underestimate the combined power of the social media giants.
I’d say it’s more like 20%
Very very few are actually bots. There are tons of fake accounts that are used to scam people. I even have a couple of accounts that I use as an NPC. Unless people don't consider bots as only computer programs anymore
bots are pretty damn advanced now and people don't even consider what they're talking to is a not. as an experiment I posted the most inane shit on politicalhumor and I got spam upvoted.
I liken twitters user base to states voter rolls. They don’t get cleaned, they’re full of fake, dead, or appropriated names, and the numbers are way off.
exactly
this is either legitimate 4d chess, maybe even coordinated by Elon and Trump together - legitimate, not this "trust Sessions"-level bullshit - OR, it's Trump being stupid which isn't out of the realm of possibility when it comes to his basket here he seems to have placed all his eggs in
this shitty ass fucking "truth" basket i wish would die already and stop wasting his time
nobody wants a social media site based on "politics" and "truth" what fucking kid/teen/young-adult is that going to sound appealing to and yes, that is the main demographic of social media and the source of life for such an endeavor
...aka what Twitter is
...which would be under NEW MANAGEMENT
IT'S THE SAME AS A COUNTRY BEING UNDER A NEW PRESIDENT - IT'S WORTH BEING PROUD OF AND COMING BACK TO (if Elon things pan out) NOT SAYING "OH EVEN THOUGH TRUMP IS PRESIDENT AGAIN FUCK USA I AIN'T COMING BACK"
Trump is still a boomer at heart unfortunately
this Twitter thing is MAJOR if Elon wins and Trump gets back on but after seeing all the "4d chess" in 2016+ I'm not sure if he sees it beyond his ego
Truth is far more than politics and will go really big. People are dying for news, movies etc. that is not woke. I mean just look at the quality of entertainment these days...it's incredibly boring. Just turn the clock back and make content like what existed before the woke era, movies and shows that are actually interesting and you can make billions.
I think you're right. Social media is 10000% based on the younger generations, and only growing. Boomers are dying off, or deleting social media, and it just thins the crowd. I agree Truth was a mistake. Politics is why I haven't joined GAB.. It's just a place for politics.
I post on Gab regularly and none of my groups are political at all.
All he needs is a repeater account, which will cross post his Truth posts to Twitter.
It was already 50-50 at best he’d run again even before Twitter-Muskgate
Long Dong Donald doesn't need Twitter.
The guy's sussing out the bots right now. The guy's playing three moves ahead. I'm just going to watch and enjoy the show. Elon knows what he's doing.
Trust the Plan?
Yup, this was his plan for the start. He's got their balls against the wall and will force them to lower the price.
Except the other shareholders will tie it up for years.
truth will never, ever, ever gain traction
it already botched the launch
its premise is shit ("political truth" holy shit i almost fell asleep typing that)
seethe and dilate, bookmark this and check back in a year or two and agree
All these boomer-tech startups are doomed to fail if Musk gets his hands on Twitter. They're all bargain bin knockoffs that people only use to say things they can't say on Big Tech platforms. Usually managed by people who are clueless about tech and social media too.
The real game changers are the blockchain-based platforms that crypto bros are setting up. Minds and Odysee have completely changed the game for me as a small content creator. Never could get anyone's attention on the other sites due to over saturation and curated suggestions.
Just flipped around on news feeds and reporting the "takeover" is "on hold" due to false accounts. I am assuming Elon's position is they sold him a company based on false bots and not accurate.
I think one said he can pay a 1 billion walk away fee and that the other side is prepping for different scenarios.
Twitter stock dropped 9ish % today. Not sure if due to Biden economy or what news feeds are stating.
Maybe this is what Elon was trying to bring to light?
Breakup fee is the other way around. Twitter pays MUSK, if they're fraudulent and cant complete
at this point I'm content with just knowing I'm not smart enough to know what Elon's plan is. I just know at the end it's going to work out for him. I'm going to enjoy the show.
Fun to watch them make their bets. And we plebs just watch.
K well if you’re “just gonna watch the show” then please do, and don’t even announce it.
This is a bad tweet from trump
It’s not a tweet.
The fact that people still call them tweets shows how powerful Twitter is
Perhaps, or if we keep calling it tweets it could make Twitter suffer like how bandaid became synonymous with bandage and xerox with photocopy.
Are we going to start calling them “truths?”
Truth Social is a gawd awful name. Absolutely atrocious.
100% agree
"GEOTUS truthed earlier! Did you see his truth?"
sounds like some woke-ass "living my authentic self" bullshit lmao
Just have to break the mental conditioning. For years I would say "Google it" like everyone else does, but these days I say "look up" or "do an internet search." I know 95/100 someone's Googling it, but at least I'm not doing any advertising for them, well, except for this comment, doh! :)
do you ever reach for a band aid?
Is that what you call an adhesive bandage?
Kleenex vs tissues
It'S a tRuTh dammit!!
Obviously. I just didn't know what to call it. A truth sounds dumb.
Could just say post. I mean, that's what we always called it before Twitter and their stupid "tweets" stuff. We'd say, "did you see what that dude posted?"
Yep that would have been the right word to use
Next thread we're gonna nail this shit
I was just being pedantic.
Aren't they called "truths", colloquially?
butitkindofisthough.meme
Don’t even understand his stance here? He’d rather Twitter stay the woke route and completely demolish the Conservative party from the app? Trump needs better advisers
I get that he wants truth social to be successful and profitable, but when one of the world's most important people is offering you his hand, maybe don't slap it away.
This 👆
Yea. Its retarded. No idea why we're being downvoted. Ppl are idiots.
He’s only looking out for himself.
Had nothing to do with him using it. His stance is dumb and people who blindly follow trump are destined for the sads. Now go vote for dr oz like the real shill
Lol this cemetery of dumbass comments supporting trump here is really telling
Sales pitch. He loves a good battle. This sort of stuff will make both of their platforms flourish.
That's a preferable theory, but I can't say I quite see it, given that Elon doesn't even own Twitter yet and this is a jab at the legality of his purchase.
That's fair. It's hard for me to think that Trump would rather see Twitter revert to its previous weaponized, cancerous form than hope that Musk can remove its vile bias, merely in the name of the almighty dollar. But it's not unreasonable, our man GEOTUS lives for the battle. But if they have decided to work the room in tandem....this is going to be yuge.
One can only hope. It'd be nice to have something make sense again.
Trump's a business man and put his own money to make truth, so yes.
Yep-healthy competition between based platforms.
Similar to Facebook vs Twitter - both part of the same secret fascist monopoly
They’re working together.
Enjoy the show.
The most likely explanation.
It was already admitted by nunes I think
Lol. Retards, cucks, dumbfucks, zoomer. You really are funny.
I hope so. Twitter being exposed for a bit farm is the best thing Musk has done.
This is the best part right here because he’s exposing everything that all of us have known for years. Twitter is fake and gay. Most of the “users” are bots and shill accounts. It’s a completely artificial reality.
The beauty of all of this is that this information would never come out short of discovery so he’s basically forcing Twitter to strip, bend over, spread their cheeks and lift their sacks.
The ringer cannot look empty.
Elon throws shade at Trump yesterday and you guys are quiet, Trump slaps back and its a bad move? please. Elon is a businessman and he isnt a clean businessman either, he deals with China on the regular, he scammed Cali into some hyperloop bullshit that fucked the taxpapers out of billions. Trump knows this stuff, if he suggests Elon was trying to pull a fast one here, there may be more to it. Go Maga King!
God damn I forgot about that. I was wondering why the hell Trump would poke Elon about "illegally aquired" shares.
It certainly makes sense, moves - counter-moves - Elon pokes Trump, Trump pokes back.
Besides I have to say I'm kinda with Trump on this one.
I don't think that Truth Social has even really started to play out yet. I'm not sure where it's going and I'm not even on it because I don't have iPhone (I'm not even sure that Truth Social being on Android or web at all is even relevant to it's main goals) but it seems to be serving some kind of purpose that new-mgmt Twitter can't fill for as yet unknown reasons.
I'm not jumping on the "Trump should shut up and get on Twitter" train until everything is clear.
For all we know Elon is trying to trap Trump by getting him to return to Twitter setting up some kinda plot the globohomos have cooked up that requires Trump to be on Twitter. I don't know, maybe not that. But there's DEFINITELY something more interesting going on here.
Lot of people here seem to want to eat Elon's hor dog. Where's barry ?
How did he throw shade at Trump?
He threw shade? By stating the truth that Trump is divisive? He separates the faggots from the patriots.
To be fair, he made Trump being ‘divisive’ out to be a bad thing. Said he’d prefer a ‘less divisive candidate’ in 2024. What I don’t understand is how it is divisive to love America, blame criminals for being criminals, and loving everything your country stands for, and actually doing a good job as President. That’s the world we live in nowadays with the whiny, immature Democrats.
Way too many people (even some conservatives I know) are using the "Trump is divisive" talking point. No, he's actually not. It's not his fault leftists are fucking insane. They're only exposing themselves.
President Trump’s inaugural speech was wonderful. Then the news media immediately reported how divisive it was. Trump punches back, but he never punches first.
Thats when you let them control the dialectic.
Same as the "Jan 6 Uprising"
he posted yesterday that Biden was elected and that he was elected because Trump was drama. fuck him if he thinks there was an 81 million vote and fuck him for thinking Trump caused trouble when trouble has been happening for years and decades and Trump was trying to cut that shit out by draining the swamp.
Did he? I only saw him post that Trump is divisive. What you're saying doesn't sound like something he'd say but eh, never can tell.
I hope Elon helps destroy Twitter but I’m never using it again
You don’t like mining salt?
I pictured working in an actual salt mine…
There's so much salt too
Just mirror Truth on Twatter.
Exactly what will happen. The detractors hating on Trump and getting upvotes are mentally retarded apes
If there is some coordination to our benefit, and there seems to be, then this is it. A significant portion of conservative generated Twitter content will just be Truth reposted as Tweets. Maybe I'm dreaming but that seems to be a feasible outcome in this environment. I'm sure there will be a Trump account tweeting all his Truth posts.
Too bad Truth is garbage bloatware based off a poorly implemented Mastodon instance.
Fuck IOS, and fuck waiting lists! Who starts a platform with NO web access?
i wish i could love truth but i have android, and truth is run by fucking idiots who dont want to reach literally 65% of phone users
I can't believe they skipped over half their market potential at launch. Stunning lack of awareness. But we get a browser version at least...at some point.
“Hey google, I got this app we made for President Trump and we need it in the …… hello? Hello google????”
You don't need google to distribute the truth social install. On Android, you can just install APKs with no oversight, unlike Apple's walled garden where you can only install unapproved apps by jailbreaking the damn thing.
They want a commercial product not some fly by night bullshit download our APK crap the boomers don't know how to do, and normies will see the potential security threat warning on install and freak out.
They should be transparent on why its not on Android and OWA yet, but they aren't and there has to be a reason. There wouldn't be this kind of delay even if their App Developer was a novice, once the ios one was released.
If Trump sends out messages, emails and videos telling you to go to TruthSocial.com and follow the instructions to install TRUTH on your Google Phone "Because Google is crooked and won't allow our program on their store".......tens of millions of people can and would do it. -- "And if you can't figure it out, please get in touch with your family members and ask them for help, so you can join us in the fight to reclaim America!" etc. You make it sound like you'd have to crack open the phone and solder some connections together. Let's not be silly, it takes like 45 seconds to side load an app.
It's probably not out on Android yet because they were hoping for more $$$$ up-front from investors (so they could hire hundreds of full-time developers) and the money never materialized. It will take a lot of money and signing bonuses, etc, to get people to leave GOOD jobs at places like Twitter, Facebook, Google, etc, and come work for Truth Social, knowing it has almost ZERO foundation and could theoretically be shut down next year or even next month. Nobody is leaving behind a permanent IT job to come work for Truth without huge signing bonuses.
Because I'm sure Apple is far more fair than Google right? They are both globohomo and leftist companies. He could have gone with a web version launch and reached more than just giving it to iOS which is known to be far more harsh on apps and remove them quicker than even Google.
Don't understand Trump's angle here. Does he want Twitter to stay a leftist propaganda outlet to drive people to Truth? I understand if he doesn't want to use the platform again, but why is he lambasting Musk?
cause lets face it trump can be a pity asshole sometimes.
It's just a couple of guys smacktalking.
Good. He should never go back to the shithole that banned him to get him out of the highest office in the land.
And use a platform 75% of his potential voters can't even access? I refuse to buy a fruit phone, just to get in a waiting list. You know what's dumber than Elon paying $44B for Twitter? Starting a new platform, and not even having web based access.
Lacking web based access is just insane. We have heard no explanation as to why root of online infrastructure is not part of the roll-out package. I'm no pro but it seems fucking weird.
Illegally bought his shares? What?
I'm confused too - have not heard this angle until now and obviously have not heard an explanation. Was this a bungled way of saying Elon was ripped off?
I want trump on twitter
What good does Truth do if 2/3 the people still can't use it! (PC and droid people.)
I hate to say it, but Trump had all year to get Truth social working, get on it, and start communicating with his base.
He didn't do it until Elon lit a fire under his ass. That's capitalism for ya, you snooze you lose, and it keeps everyone, even the best, on their toes.
I love Trump, but many times his ego gets in the way. This is one of those times. Truth Social? Yeah, I'll join... Oh wait, I own a Android device like, I don't know, half the country, so I can't. (smh)
Guess he finally got tired of winning. Sad!
WTF is with the cheap shot there. man trump that was an asshole move also truth is shit.
What cheap shot?
Maybe Elon should just forget about Twitter and let it self destruct.
Maybe that's the ultimate goal but it's not obvious in the least.
As a competitor in the space, I get it, but this a bad truth on his part.
If he really won't fight in the public square he won't be elected President. We have to accept what twitter is and represent ourselves there. I'm not voting for fleeing. I will only vote for a valuable culture warrior and retreat is not a valuable cultural tactic.
If Elon actually pulls off complete "free speech absolutist" Twitter, will Truth Social be completely fucked?
yes
IDK I can see a symbiosis just by how people will self-sort to one platform or the other but information will flow freely between the two.
Depends on the true bot counts. Twatter is an inflated echo chamber desperately seeking bad man.
Trump is bullshitting. He has to know Truth Social cannot as a functional and technical matter reach the scale and reach of Twitter.
still 123,000 on the waiting list to get on truth. started at 23,000. at this rate i should make it to 600,000 within the next 6 months.
Forward, positive thinking - you've got it!
This is Trump trying to get Truth Social off the ground nothing more. I’m a die hard Trump supporter ask anybody but the man has abandoned several failed businesses in the past. If Truth Social fails he will cut and as quick as Kamala Harris gets on her knees for political advancement.
I wish he didn't say that. Don't imply Elon is stupid. wtf
He made a dumb move no doubt about it. He way overpaid. Look at the stock market. The NASDAQ is in correction territory. He literally bought Twitter at the peak.
What are you talking about, he explicitly said he isn't stupid.
I'm done with the fighting with billionaires.. also getting sick of politics and corruption
Mate truth is dead, if you want to run in 2024 take Elon’s offer and get back on Twitter
Daddy Trump we're not asking you to go back to Twitter and stay there. We're asking you to go back and put one last tweet up so we can bathe in the salty tears of liberal faggots who would literally off themselves if they saw you post on there. We're not asking you to abandon truth social. No idiot abandons their own investment but for God sake go out on one for the road.
The investment was made in a competitor of Twitter. Like Gab, Truth and that other platform, they didn't compete. They barely had any people on them. In other words, they failed. Too little, too late. Got beaten by Musk in the same competition. You should always abandon totally failed investments.
Trump Co is working with Elon
Fool me once shame on you….fool me twice, shame on me.
Fool me... can't get fooled again!!
..Now watch this drive!!
Elon’s net worth is about $270 billion and bought Twitter for $44billion. It’s not like Elon can’t afford it.
It’s not about the price, it’s about taking over enemy territory.
Lol guess he's a dipshit.
Is this a diss towards Elon?
What does he mean he illegally bought his shares? I haven't followed this super closely.
Solid. I respect someone who does this. I mean, in todays world it doesnt even matter, big tech is gonna try and fuck you no matter what, but someone who has been spurned by them, fucking them over? please, yes.
Fuck any platform that alienates half of it's users, by only being available on a fruit phone... Plus there's a waiting list?? GTFO!! 🖕
Faggot ass Iphone users!! Downvote this!! 🖕
American company vs. Chinese insecure spy tech . I’ll take my chances
Twitter is that way snowflake
Why is everyone hating on Truth? We desperately need an alternative to twitter and this is it. We should be supporting it, not attacking it. "BuT I cAn't UsE iT yEt!" Relax, the web version will be out by the end of the month per Devin Nunes
Some of it is shitting on it. Some of it is pointing out whoever is in charge and made the call to go iOS first made a mistake. I'm not the sharpest bulb in the crayon drawer but even I know if you launch something you do it where it can reach the most people the quickest.
Brilliant. Let the media and the left control the narrative for all normies while the right sits in the corner shouting at each other without reaching any normies.
Someone please explain how this is brilliant? Because I'm 100% sure it's brilliant.
He just did. He's an influential figure in 2022, and this is called bad publicity. It has some sort of effect one way or another, if minor. That's the whole point behind being an influential public figure, and Trump is well known for doing this sort of thing. It's exactly why so many on the left don't want him back on Twitter in the first place.
But you're clearly an anti-Elon throwaway account, so words are wasted on you.
I was hoping Elon would make him Interim CEO. It would only take one day for what his job would be. It would also be the greatest day in history. A man can dream though. Anyways, Fuck Joe Biden.
I would like to be able to use truth outside the US because I’m an expat.
Try growing a pair, pussy
Let me guess, a former low energy Jeb boi who ones one of Jebs manlet sized guac bowls?
You so mad over me criticizing Trump (when I like the guy and voted for him twice) but didnt give me one rebuttal over what I said except saying I am Jeb supporter. I've been on TheDonald since it's inception. You can cope and seethe all you want, I just want the best for this movement.
Here's the problem. The way I and some others see it Trump joined the Patriot movement which already existed. But some people seem confused about our movement and think it's the Trump movement. It's not.
One day Trump will be gone and the patriot movement will go on. Our honorable goals and eternal vigilance are bigger than any 1 man.
Cry into your manlet sized guac bowl cuckservatron
This is ultra MAGA country
You joined 12 minutes ago faggot.
I have for the past 6 years pretended to be a Trump supporter, but was actually a Berniebro. Sorry guys, sorry for being fake. This 12 minute account found me out. He has my dox bro. Im scared.
Maybe he's not running, so no fucks given?
Is the web service or android platform online yet?
This whole thing is stupid and a distraction at best.
Prediction: Elon purchases Twitter and unlocks Trump’s account symbolically. People will then begin to tweet at him and tag him in various things anyway, despite him saying he is not coming back. All the bots that were created to troll Trump’s account would reawaken. Media begins talking about his pre-deactivation posts again. Trump realizes too much attention is on his Twitter account (instead of his new Truth account) and all his previous years of posts. Then, he deactivates it.
Like I've said before here at PW (got downdooted for months) Elon is a Chyna loving POS commie Troll grifter.
I too trust the guy wanting to microchip folks brains over the guy that did a great job as president already... oh wait what?
Yea I trust no man, can barely trust myself lol
How dare he criticize our new god Elon. Oh, I forgot where I started. I agree, he's buying total garbage created by SJWs.
Fixing how? Banning everyone who doesn't worship Trump?
Lmao stop making shit up that's how we got in this mess
? Lol what?
You can't read?
Sure can. What am I making up?