Trump Media & Technology Group debuts Truth Social on the US App Store, where the free app hit No. 1; some users got errors or were waitlisted when signing up
Market summary: 📊 — India opened the week lower, as investors struggle to read Putin's mood. James Farrell / SiliconANGLE : Donald Trump's social media app Truth Social debuts today in rocky start William Gallagher / AppleInsider : Donald Trump's ‘Truth Social’ launches app on Apple's App Store Brian Fung / CNN : Trump's social media app goes live in Apple's App Store Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Philip Elmer‑DeWitt : Apple hosts ex-POTUS Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac : Trump's Truth Social app launches on Apple's App Store, with many error reports Jon Porter / The Verge : Trump's new social media app launches on iOS Rosie Bradbury / Australian Financial Review : I just tried using Trump's new social media app. Here's what happened. Business Insider Australia : I tried using Trump's new social media app Truth Social. It took me five attempts and several error messages to sign up, then I got wait-listed. Reuters : EXCLUSIVE Trump's Truth Social app set for release Monday in Apple App Store, per executive Cracked Bowl : Trump's Truth Social Tops Apple's App Store Charts Imran Hussain / iThinkDifferent : Trump launches Truth Social app on App Store with a rocky start David Gilbert / VICE : The Launch of Donald Trump's Twitter Clone ‘Truth Social’ Is a Complete Mess Mikael Thalen / The Daily Dot : Truth Social employees praise murderous dictator in beta testing for Trump's new app Rob Thubron / TechSpot : The new social media platform from Donald Trump is now available on Apple's App Store Mashable : Trump's new social media app ‘Truth Social’ is off to a rough start John Johnson / Newser : Trump's Social Media Return Is a Big Step Closer MacDailyNews : President Trump's ‘Truth Social’ tops downloads on Apple App Store; many waitlisted Alex Gatewood / KnowTechie : Trump's Truth Social app has launched on the App Store...sort of Todd Spangler / Variety : Donald Trump's Truth Social App Hits No. 1 on Apple's App Store Sara Fischer / Axios : Truth Social launches in App Store but still puts users on waitlist Hannah Boland / Telegraph : Donald Trump's social media app hits trouble after launch Asha C. Gilbert / USA Today : Donald Trump's Truth Social debuts in app store, but you might get an error message Tweets: Patrick Hedger / @pathedger18 : So I downloaded Truth Social just to get a look at the terms of service. In a shock to no one, it contains a lot of weirdness. Here are most of the banned things, most of which are constitutionally-protected. Also, a typo in the first one. Lol “censorship free” 🙄 https://twitter.com/... Mike Masnick / @mmasnick : The best part is that they insert the language of Section 230 (c)(2) directly into their terms. The same Section 230 Trump insists must be repealed. https://twitter.com/... Ryan Fournier / @ryanafournier : It took literally a matter of MINUTES and Truth Social became #1 on Apple's charts. That's insane! 👏🏻🇺🇸 Ted Lieu / @tedlieu : Many people say that if #TruthSocial can't even handle opening new accounts, how will it keep your account from being hacked? Also, the problems won't be fixed until late March. So is their staff like 2 people, the failed Devin Nunes and his cousin's friend who is the coder? https://twitter.com/... Rick Wilson / @therickwilson : Who could have forseen that Trump's Truth Social would be a shitshow on rollout? https://www.msn.com/... Mr. Newberger / @jeremynewberger : Please be patient with the log-in wait times on #TruthSocial. It takes a while for your security to be compromised, your private information disseminated, and your money paid out to every con artist up and down the Trump Organization pyramid. Rex Zane / @rexzane1 : Congratulations to everyone that helped make #TruthSocial the #1 download on the App Store! (Even if you're frozen and being put on a wait list)This is going to make it way easier for the FBI to find you too. @mmpadellan : LMFAO that trump Steaks is trending because Truth Social is already a piece of shit. 🤣 🤣 🤣 Nikita Bier / @nikitabier : First time is luck, second time is skill https://twitter.com/... Steve Ferguson / @lsferguson : Truth Social is only available on Apple products right now. I don't ever plan on owning any Apple products Tristan Snell / @tristansnell : Truth Social is absolutely nowhere near being ready to launch. Couldn't even enter date of birth - app already died. I built apps for 6 years. This is a basic fail. Not sure how @AppStore approved this. Did they feel pressure to approve Trump's app so they wouldn't look biased? https://twitter.com/... Steve Kovach / @stevekovach : Every Twitter alternative has failed. Especially the ones that pitch themselves as the “anything goes” platforms. Truth will suffer the same fate. Several weeks of buzz and attention. Then nothing. (See: Parler, Gab, Gettr...) https://twitter.com/... @stonekettle : Only Donald J. Trump could have hired Devin Nunes to create a social media platform more overrun with trolls than Twitter and more poorly managed than Facebook. Vince Langman / @langmanvince : #TruthSocial only available for the IPhone is not smart marketing @2irl4u : Congrats @nikitabier! Passing your old employer on launch day [image of App Store Top Charts, with Truth Social above Facebook] Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene / @repmtg : I'm on Truth Social! As the only Member of Congress to have had my personal @Twitter account banned, I understand what millions of conservatives have gone through having their personal freedom of speech stolen from them by Big Tech for not parroting the approved messaging. 1/3 https://twitter.com/... Emmett Golden / @egoldie80 : So tempted to sign up and post “Black Lives Matter” as my first post. 😂🤣 https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @latenightseth : Trump fans will love it, because it was announced with a lot of fanfare, and doesn't actually work. https://twitter.com/... @mikaelthalen : In case you missed it: Got access to the Truth Social beta used internally by the development team after they left it publicly accessible online (again). Devs were training the system to flag pics of guns & calls for storming the Capitol. https://www.dailydot.com/... #TruthSocial Amy Siskind / @amy_siskind : Trump Social has launched. And true to form, it doesn't work! So surprised with Devin Nunes in charge 😅🤣 womp womp. https://www.businessinsider.com/ ... @mikaelthalen : SCOOP: Tried the Truth Social beta. But not the one Trump & his fans are testing, the one used internally by his team, which left the site publicly accessible online (again). Registered @realDonaldTrump & found a user praising dictator Augusto Pinochet https://www.dailydot.com/... https://twitter.com/... Sara Fischer / @sarafischer : “We love you and you're not just another number to us, But your waitlist number is below.” https://www.axios.com/... @evelyndouek : content moderation controversy in 3... 2... 1... https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... David Gilbert / @daithaigilbert : You may have heard that Trump's #TruthSocial app launched today. Well, it sort of did • Not on Android • Not on the web • US-only • Error messages when trying to create an account • New members join a waitlist currently over 170k people long https://www.vice.com/... Margarita / @moinqueens : Hand over all your data along with the privilege of paying a monthly fee... another ‘winning’ trump endeavor. https://twitter.com/... @kkomaitis : Today I expect a lot of ink to be spent on Trump's “Truth Social”. Now, just to be clear, this is the Trump vision of how to participate socially and tell the truth. I believe we know everything about it already. So, here's an idea: no air time.. #TruthSocial #Trump #socialmedia https://twitter.com/... Joan Donovan, PhD / @bostonjoan : So today is the day journalists sign up for Trump app, and find out it's just an email harvesting operation? Life. Apps. Regret. https://twitter.com/... Dan Primack / @danprimack : Signed up for a TruthSocial account. App is supposedly working, but I'm “waitlisted.” Seems to be a very common thing. Never had this issue signing up for Twitter or snap or TikTok or parler or... Not an auspicious start for those investors who've valued this in the billions. Jeremy Littau / @jeremylittau : Time to start the clock for when hackers will discover a massive security exploit that exposes user data. https://twitter.com/... @princessbravato : Aside from the obvious @Apple should be ashamed Apparently they support insurrection. If I have to pay to get the truth.... it ain't the truth. https://twitter.com/... Queenie Wong / @qwongsj : My experience so far with Trump's #TruthSocial app has been error messages that read “Something went wrong. Please try again.” https://www.cnet.com/... Jackie Singh / @hackingbutlegal : Can't wait to see what happens with this one. What'll it be? - Buggy code? - Insecure cloud bucket? - Vulnerable services? - App Store policy violations? - Verified account impersonations? - Supply chain-based deplatforming? - Prominent profile defacements? https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/... Patrick Monahan / @pattymo : There's a fine line between “making an account and trolling people on the new Trump social app” and “becoming an avid user of the new Trump social app.” Be careful out there https://twitter.com/... Daniel F. Baranowski / @dfbharvard : America's woke legacy media & news outlets have become a cesspool of propaganda cesspits! Trump's Truth Social is rolling out & will roll over the evil of Facebook, Twitter, CNN, MSNBC, NYTimes, WaPo & so many more! 🤣 Judd Legum / @juddlegum : Kind of odd that, shortly before Trump's new right-wing social media platform, Truth Social, is supposed to launch his wife has announced that she is partnering with a rival right-wing social media platform, Parler https://twitter.com/... Not Your Huckleberry / @michaelrcaputo : Proud to be on #TruthSocial! https://twitter.com/... Jon Cooper / @joncoopertweets : Why should a coup plotter be in the Apple App Store? 🤨 https://twitter.com/... Perez Hilton / @perezhilton : Soooo are y'all going to sign up for an account on Truth Social this week?? 🤣😂 https://www.reuters.com/...