Truth Social App: What is Truth Social and Why is it Trending?

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Truth Social is an American social media app created by Trump Media & Technology Group, an American technology company founded by former U.S. president Donald Trump. Truth Social is an alternative to Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

On Truth Social, you can let your voice be heard by joining conversations, sharing your unique opinion by posting a Truth, Re-Truth, photo, news story, or video link to communicate with your friends, customers, and the world.

Following the announcement by Trump on the forthcoming app, the Truth Social app had a waiting list of 330,000+ people who were able to successfully register after the launch. However, completing the registration process for the Truth Social iOS app was a task in itself.

Truth Social Launch Date: How to Download

Truth Social is an American social media app launched on Monday, February 21st, 2022. Due to the massive waiting list, the app suffered severe scaling problems, leading to a lower than expected user.

The app is only available on the iPhone app store, and accessible to users from the United States and Canada.

Truth Social: What Software was Truth Social built on?

Truth Social platform was built on a free and open-sources social platform, Mastodon.

Truth Social is similar to the Twitter app where users are able to make posts called ‘Truths’, similar to tweets and share other users posts called ‘ReTruths’, similar to retweets.

Truth Social App Pros

  • According to users, the Truth Social App boost of Free speech which Elon Musk will be implementing on Twitter after his purchase.
  • The app has no censorship with great readability for users and gathers a community of America loving Americans who love freedom of speech & thought.

Truth Social App Cons

  • According to users, Truth Social is a new platform which is in its testing mode, hence the errors and challenges are normal.
  • There are millions upon millions of people trying to join, so users are expected to experience major glitches whiles signing up.

Key Features of Truth Social App

  • On Truth Social, you can set up a profile, upload an avatar, and background to begin connecting with people through follower and following counts as well as history for your posts and likes.
  • Truth Feed – Truth Social gives you the latest thoughts and activities from the people, organizations, and news outlets that interest you. The Feed includes posts from people you follow.
  • Search – Truth Social allows users to search for people you find interesting and easily follow them right from the search list or view their profile first before deciding.
  • Notifications – Get notifications on who is following you and who’s interacting with your Truth’s.

Why is Truth Social Trending?

Truth Social is currently the most downloaded App on Apple App store. This comes days after Tesla owner, Elon Musk acquired Twitter for $44 billion. It is rumored that the download has surged high due to its Free Speech, which Twitter doesn’t have.

Elon Musk announced via his Twitter feed that, US President Donald Trump’s Truth Social app has beaten TikTok and Twitter on the Apple app Store in terms of downloads.

Musk tweeted, “Truth Social is currently beating Twitter and TikTok on the Apple Store.”

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