172
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Trump Media and Technology Group, which owns Truth Social, says focus is ‘long-term product development’ rather than revenue

all 16 comments
sorted by: hot top new old
[-] [email protected] 52 points 1 year ago

Don't they just host some open source software? What product development? Just another bunch of bullshit.

[-] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago

Yes. Truth Social is an unfederated Mastodon instance. Not kidding.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

It's a propaganda mouthpiece and money laundering all rolled up into one neat package they can declare bankruptcy and wipe their hands clean.

[-] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago

Trump Media and Technology Group, which owns Truth Social, says focus is ‘long-term product development’ rather than revenue

Cope.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

You don't lose $327 million in ONE QUARTER on product development. Who are they fooling with this?

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

The IRS, apparently.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Imagine spending 327 mill just so some angry old guy can tweet for three months.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I seriously doubt they lost that much money. This is probably more tax fraud from the fraudster in chief.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

That's called GOOD BUSINESS!

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

So clearly this is some kind of grift. But how does it work?

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Tricking clowns into buying wildly overpriced securities and money laundering combo.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Pretty straightforward.

  1. Build idiot following
  2. Develop minimum viable product
  3. Tell idiots if they invest, they'll help you on your idiotic crusade AND get rich in the process.
  4. Pocket investments for profit.
  5. Once you've rung everything you can out of your wet blanket supporters, abandon platform.

Also, claiming excessive losses is probably an attempt at tax evasion.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Data harvesting, direct pipeline to brainwash right wing talking points into voters.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Daddy Putin save us all

[-] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

For the three-month period that ended 31 March, the company posted a loss of $327.6m, which it said included $311m in non-cash expenses related to its merger with a company called Digital World, which was essentially a pile of cash looking for a target to merge with.

soviet-hmm guardian write your shit better jesus christ. What is digital world, is it a pile of cash? Are they 300000 T-bills in a trench coat?

this post was submitted on 20 May 2024
172 points (97.3% liked)

Technology

3736 readers
586 users here now

Which posts fit here?

Anything that is at least tangentially connected to the technology, social media platforms, informational technologies and tech policy.


Post guidelines

[Opinion] prefixOpinion (op-ed) articles must use [Opinion] prefix before the title.


Rules

1. English onlyTitle and associated content has to be in English.
2. Use original linkPost URL should be the original link to the article (even if paywalled) and archived copies left in the body. It allows avoiding duplicate posts when cross-posting.
3. Respectful communicationAll communication has to be respectful of differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences.
4. InclusivityEveryone is welcome here regardless of age, body size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, race, caste, color, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.
5. Ad hominem attacksAny kind of personal attacks are expressly forbidden. If you can't argue your position without attacking a person's character, you already lost the argument.
6. Off-topic tangentsStay on topic. Keep it relevant.
7. Instance rules may applyIf something is not covered by community rules, but are against lemmy.zip instance rules, they will be enforced.


Companion communities

[email protected]
[email protected]


Icon attribution | Banner attribution


If someone is interested in moderating this community, message @[email protected].

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS