Truth Social

Experts say the nature of TRUTH Social could prevent it from reaching the same heights as mainstream platforms like Facebook and Twitter.

“It could decrease the temperature on Twitter by siphoning off the more extreme people and giving them a platform to communicate outside of that space,” she says. “The innovations we get in social media are not by carving up the population into smaller groups, but by introducing new features that people like,” he says. “If you go to one of these right-wing platforms and leave Facebook and Twitter, you’re leaving a lot of potential people behind who you could be spreading your message to,” Tucker says. “So if you have a politically organized platform, it’s not giving users exposure to people [in a lot of different social capacities] like social media normally does.” “There’s a whole social network for beer enthusiasts where they can come together and post reviews of beers,” she says. With the launch of former President Donald Trump’s new social media platform, TRUTH Social, originally planned for Feb. 21 but now delayed until late March, Trump’s ability to galvanize conservative social media users in support of the venture could soon be tested.

Parler and Gettr are embracing the competition from Donald Trump's new social media platform.

Both companies pitch themselves as forums for free speech, and are popular with Trump supporters who say their views are no longer welcome on traditional platforms. “We’ve had meetings with the Trump Organization.” “I’m going to see the president this afternoon.