Enthusiasm to join Trump's Truth Social platform causes waitlists, registration delays

[TigerGrowls]

Enthusiasm to join Trump's Truth Social platform causes waitlists, registration delays

Truth Social launched late Sunday, marking former president's return to social media

justthenews.com

Truth Social launched late Sunday, marking former president's return to social media

By Aaron Kliegman
Updated: February 21, 2022 - 1:21pm

The enthusiasm to join former President Trump's new new social media platform – Truth Social – on its official launch day appears to have overwhelmed the site.
The site went live Sunday night ahead of its official President's Day launch. However, potential users in roughly the past 24 hours have reported problem getting on the platform.
"Due to massive demand, we have placed you on our waitlist," read the message received by several users, according to Reuters.
Other users reported having trouble registering for an account amid the early scramble to join.
Truth Social launched shortly before midnight ET in Apple's App Store and was the top free app in the U.S. on Monday morning, according to Apple's rankings. Trump's social media platform bested popular apps such as TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, streaming service HBO Max, and the children's game "Talking Ben the Dog."
As of late Monday morning, the app could be quickly downloaded from the Apple Store, but users attempting to join the platform were still getting error messages shortly before noon.
Truth Social was automatically downloaded to Apple devices belonging to users who had pre-ordered the app. Some people had previously been invited to use the app during its test phase.
The debut of Truth Social marks Trump's return to social media after he was banned from several platforms – including Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube – following the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Critics claimed he was inciting violence with his messages about protesting the outcome of the 2020 presidential election – claims Trump and his supporters refute.
Truth Social calls itself a champion of free speech and hopes to draw users who feel their views are being suppressed on other platforms. The venture, led by former Republican Rep. Devin Nunes, is a project of Trump Media & Technology Group.
"I think by the by the end of March we're going to be fully operational at least within the United States," Nunes said Sunday on Fox News.
The app, according to screenshots posted online and screenshots seen by Reuters, looks similar to Twitter in many ways. Instead of tweets and retweets, however, there are "truths" and "retruths."

 

[TigerGrowls]

Politicians, influencers join Trump's Truth Social as it soft launches on President's Day

Conservative politicians and influencers are opening accounts on former President Donald Trump's Truth Social early as the social media platform launched on President's Day.

justthenews.com

 

[DW4_2016]

I’ve never seen a man so enthusiastic to be dominated by another man.

trump owns your soul and I still don’t think you know it.

 

[CUTiger1977]

I have been on the waiting list since Sunday. I'm ready to leave twitter as soon as Truth Social is active.

 

[TigerGrowls]

I have been on the waiting list since Sunday. I'm ready to leave twitter as soon as Truth Social is active.

I am on android, so waiting until it becomes available and then I am all in!!

 

[nytigerfan]

Enthusiasm to join Trump's Truth Social platform causes waitlists, registration delays

Truth Social launched late Sunday, marking former president's return to social media

justthenews.com

Truth Social launched late Sunday, marking former president's return to social media

By Aaron Kliegman
Updated: February 21, 2022 - 1:21pm

The enthusiasm to join former President Trump's new new social media platform – Truth Social – on its official launch day appears to have overwhelmed the site.
The site went live Sunday night ahead of its official President's Day launch. However, potential users in roughly the past 24 hours have reported problem getting on the platform.
"Due to massive demand, we have placed you on our waitlist," read the message received by several users, according to Reuters.
Other users reported having trouble registering for an account amid the early scramble to join.
Truth Social launched shortly before midnight ET in Apple's App Store and was the top free app in the U.S. on Monday morning, according to Apple's rankings. Trump's social media platform bested popular apps such as TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, streaming service HBO Max, and the children's game "Talking Ben the Dog."
As of late Monday morning, the app could be quickly downloaded from the Apple Store, but users attempting to join the platform were still getting error messages shortly before noon.
Truth Social was automatically downloaded to Apple devices belonging to users who had pre-ordered the app. Some people had previously been invited to use the app during its test phase.
The debut of Truth Social marks Trump's return to social media after he was banned from several platforms – including Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube – following the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Critics claimed he was inciting violence with his messages about protesting the outcome of the 2020 presidential election – claims Trump and his supporters refute.
Truth Social calls itself a champion of free speech and hopes to draw users who feel their views are being suppressed on other platforms. The venture, led by former Republican Rep. Devin Nunes, is a project of Trump Media & Technology Group.
"I think by the by the end of March we're going to be fully operational at least within the United States," Nunes said Sunday on Fox News.
The app, according to screenshots posted online and screenshots seen by Reuters, looks similar to Twitter in many ways. Instead of tweets and retweets, however, there are "truths" and "retruths."

Trump's latest business venture is a huge piece of shit and does not work as advertised. Got it. I could have written this article a year ago when they announced it.

 

[TigerGrowls]

Trump's latest business venture is a huge piece of shit and does not work as advertised. Got it. I could have written this article a year ago when they announced it.

You wish that was the case. Its going to run the best just like everything else associated with Trump.

 

[dpic73]

You wish that was the case. Its going to run the best just like everything else associated with Trump.

 

[DW4_2016]

You wish that was the case. Its going to run the best just like everything else associated with Trump.

 

[PAWrocka]

Trump's latest business venture is a huge piece of shit and does not work as advertised. Got it. I could have written this article a year ago when they announced it.

I mean .... you know me ... Im no Trump fan ... but ... let us not forget that even GMail was by invite only when it first launched due to demand


edit: errrrrrrrrr maybe you dont know .... I dont know how old you are, but ya ....at launch and for a few months after, GMail was by invite only.

 

[DW4_2016]

I mean .... you know me ... Im no Trump fan ... but ... let us not forget that even GMail was by invite only when it first launched due to demand


edit: errrrrrrrrr maybe you dont know .... I dont know how old you are, but ya ....at launch and for a few months after, GMail was by invite only.

i mean..... even the most elementary web search will not flatter you in this instance.

"When Gmail was announced, Google did not have yet reliable infrastructure to provide services to the millions users and couldn't offer the promised storage capacity to everyone. So the product was available to the limited public, approximately 1000 people were invited to participate in testing Gmail beta version"

 

[PAWrocka]

i mean..... even the most elementary web search will not flatter you in this instance.

"When Gmail was announced, Google did not have yet reliable infrastructure to provide services to the millions users and couldn't offer the promised storage capacity to everyone. So the product was available to the limited public, approximately 1000 people were invited to participate in testing Gmail beta version"

…. Sooooo millions of users wanted to use it (demand) and was invite only ….. ????? and I’m wrong…. how?

I was one of the folks who got a invite at launch (((shrug))))

Ya know if you choked on a bag of dicks, it wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world …. Just sayin

 

[DW4_2016]

…. Sooooo millions of users wanted to use it (demand) and was invite only ….. ????? and I’m wrong…. how?

I was one of the folks who got a invite at launch (((shrug))))

Ya know if you choked on a bag of dicks, it wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world …. Just sayin

I’ll use smaller words this time.

It’s invite only because it isn’t working well enough to support more than just a few users.

 

[TigerGrowls]

I’ll use smaller words this time.

It’s invite only because it isn’t working well enough to support more than just a few users.

You do not know that for a fact unless you work for them which we know is not the case.

 

[PAWrocka]

I’ll use smaller words this time.

It’s invite only because it isn’t working well enough to support more than just a few users.

… Gmail wasn’t “working well enough” because it lacked “reliable infrastructure” (capacity), to handle the “demand” of “millions of users”.

son, you just need to sit down on this one.

 

[PAWrocka]

@DW4_2016

 

[clemsontiger02]

Just wanted to add my two cents as a former Googler who started working there in the mid 2000s, around the time of the Gmail launch.

The internal codename for Gmail was "Caribou", and it was definitely launched with a limited beta release. That's how I got the First.LastName@ address that I still use today.

But I can also definitively say that this is how I witnessed every single product or feature launch Google rolled-out in over 10 years. Doing an extremely limited alpha test, followed by a larger beta test is standard practice. That way they can work out the bugs in a live user environment without the whole thing crashing or being immediately deemed a failure.

 

[PAWrocka]

Just wanted to add my two cents as a former Googler who started working there in the mid 2000s, around the time of the Gmail launch.

The internal codename for Gmail was "Caribou", and it was definitely launched with a limited beta release. That's how I got the First.LastName@ address that I still use today.

But I can also definitively say that this is how I witnessed every single product or feature launch Google rolled-out in over 10 years. Doing an extremely limited alpha test, followed by a larger beta test is standard practice. That way they can work out the bugs in a live user environment without the whole thing crashing or being immediately deemed a failure.

Indeed, capacity planning is a bitch.

We do the same at new Airports we win across the globe, especially on our cloud based platform. Even though our products have gone through alpha and beta during proof of concept phases, you just dont install and flip all users on. That is a recipe for disaster.

Implying that "unreliable infrastructure" is detached from "capacity" or "demand" ... just says @DW4_2016 doesnt have a IT background.

 

[anon_5e8aassgcbjz1]

You wish that was the case. Its going to run the best just like everything else associated with Trump.

Did you get your degree from Trump University?

 

[TigerGrowls]

Did you get your degree from Trump University?

You are clairvoyant?

 

[CUTiger1977]

The app is up and running for me. It's great and it's fantastic to now be able to find and share information freely without the liberal bias.

 

[WapPride]

“It’s great and it’s fantastic to now be able to find and share information freely in an echo chamber”

 

[nytigerfan]

The app is up and running for me. It's great and it's fantastic to now be able to find and share information freely without the liberal bias.

Why didn't they just call it SafeSpace?

I can't wait to see the new QANON rubbish that will come from this debacle.

 

[DW4_2016]

“It’s great and it’s fantastic to now be able to find and share information freely in an echo chamber”

People have the right to say anything on this conservative platform.

 

[dpic73]

The app is up and running for me. It's great and it's fantastic to now be able to lie my ass off without being fact-checked.

FIFY

 

[other1]

Trump hasn't posted on it in over a week.

Pretty Much No One Is Using Trump’s New Social Media App (Not Even Trump)

The former president is reportedly none too happy that his Twitter clone isn't taking off.

slate.com

 

[nytigerfan]

Trump hasn't posted on it in over a week.

Pretty Much No One Is Using Trump’s New Social Media App (Not Even Trump)

The former president is reportedly none too happy that his Twitter clone isn't taking off.

slate.com

I doubt that Trump really gives a sh*t if it works or not. He got paid $300 MM by the SPAC that bought it. Like everything else in Trumpland, he will get paid and then leave everyone else out to dry.

 

[DW4_2016]

I doubt that Trump really gives a sh*t if it works or not. He got paid $300 MM by the SPAC that bought it. Like everything else in Trumpland, he will get paid and then leave everyone else out to dry.

was that a dig at trump water or trump steaks? hard to know but funny either way

 

[other1]

was that a dig at trump water or trump steaks? hard to know but funny either way

Most everyone on the wait list just wants to join so they can keep up with the BS and lies.