Trump’s ‘Non-Woke’ Twitter Different Plans To Launch February 21

Trump’s “non-woke” Twitter alternative plans to launch on February 21st

through Adam | January 6, 2022

Top line

Trump Media and Technology Group, former President Donald Trump’s new venture, announced Thursday that it plans to launch a social media platform on February 21, more than a year after Trump was founded forbiddenTwitter and Facebook.

Screenshots of Truth Social from a developer for Donald Trump’s upcoming social media platform.

tmtg / apple app store

Here are some of the most important facts

On the list in the Apple App Store, Truth Social shows the release date as February 21, 2019 (Reuters reported this release date first).

The developers described a number of functions that are similar to those of Twitter: the ability to like and share text-based posts, exchange private messages and scroll through a “truth feed”.

In the platform’s App Store listing, the developers claimed that Truth Social will be inclusive of all ideologies and provide a place where liberals, conservatives and libertarians can have an “amazing time” together despite their differing opinions.

Surprising truth

CNBC reported that Truth Social missed a beta test deadline for invitations in November.

Important background

Trump was permanent forbiddenTwo days after the January 6, 2021 Capitol Riot, Trump went on Twitter in response to tweets about President Joe Biden’s inauguration and his 2020 presidential campaign. Trump later condemned the decision as an expression of “wildly aggressive censorship and” demolition culture “” and said anticipated that users would leave Twitter for other platforms. In October, he introduced the Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG), which through the merger with the blank check company Digital World Acquisition Corp “subscription service with news and entertainment content in the form of videos and podcasts. Republican Devin Nunes (R.-C.), Trump’s close ally, left Congress on Tuesday to run the company. DWAC’s share price rose nearly 400% the day after the merger was announced, with trading suspended multiple times due to volatility and the stock closing at a high of $ 94.20 a day later, although the price has fallen since and on Closed Thursday at $ 60.27. Trump’s company also announced last month that it had raised $ 1 billion from unnamed institutional investors as part of a private investment in a public participation transaction (PIPE).

tangent

The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority opened investigations into the proposed merger of TMTG and DWAC in December. DWAC submitted last month.

Keep an eye on these things

According to a survey, over 60% of Republicans plan on using truth social. However, Parler isn’t as popular as Twitter.

Additional reading

“Trump launches his social media app in February and lists shows” (Reuters)

“Over 60% of Republicans plan to use Trump’s TRUTH Social, poll suggests” (SMEs)