Top executives from Former President Donald Trump’s social media venture, Truth Social, have departed the company as the site has struggled to gain traction with users.
Three top executives quit Truth Social, including chief technology officer, Josh Adams and Billy Boozer, the head of the company’s product development, and chief legal officer, Lori Heyer-Bednar, according to two people familiar with the matter. Reuters first reported the departures of Adams and Boozer.
Trump has been upset with the state of his social media venture, Truth Social, and is eyeing major shake-ups to the company, including positions on the board of Truth Social’s parent company, Trump Media and Technology Group, according to one of those people familiar with the matter and a separate person as well.
Trump’s frustration comes as the site has struggled mightily upon launch, with low traffic and persistent tech glitches. It is also now suffering from personnel issues too — neither Adams nor Heyer-Bednar list their job titles with Truth Social on their personal profiles, despite previously having listed it.
A spokesperson for Truth Social did not return a request for comment.
Trump launched the Truth Social app as a way to take on “Big Tech.” He and his allies argued it would rival major social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook, which both removed the former president from their platforms following the Jan. 6 riots on Capitol Hill.
So far, however, Truth Social has failed to gain traction or popularity among users. The app has seen a 93 percent drop in sign ups since its launch, and installs declined by 800,000 users, according to data from Sensor Tower, a mobile analytics firm. Following news of the decline in usage, shares for Digital World Acquisition Corp., the special purpose acquisition company that is joining with Trump Media and Technology Group (the company backing Truth Social), declined by over 30 percent, according to Bloomberg.
Trump himself has only posted once on the app. He had 827,000 followers as of Monday morning.
Former Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) quit his job in Congress in order to serve as CEO of Truth Social. In interviews, Nunes acknowledged early issues with the app’s roll out and insisted the platform would be “fully operational” by the end of March.
But so far, users have complained about a lack of engagement on the app and have faced issues signing up. Thousands of potential users still remain on a waitlist, unable to log on. And while the app is available for iOS users, there is still no app available for Android users.
Daniel Lippman contributed to this report.
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By: Meridith McGraw and Emily Birnbaum
Title: Trump upset with the state of his new social media site, eyes shakeup
Sourced From: www.politico.com/news/2022/04/04/trump-social-media-staff-exodus-00022706
Published Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2022 10:50:25 EST
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