some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org to News@lemmy.world · 3 months agoTruth Social Users Are Losing Ridiculous Sums of Money to Scamsgizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square145fedilinkarrow-up1881arrow-down113file-textcross-posted to: aiop@lemmy.worldshowerthoughts@lemmy.world
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minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up29·edit-23 months agoI’m just as surprised as you are. estimated 607,000 monthly users (as of July 2023) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_Social
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up28arrow-down1·3 months agoBut how many of those are bots?
minus-squaregedaliyah@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up35arrow-down3·3 months agoSo … It’s a little bit smaller than Lemmy? 🤣 a bunch of communists built a more successful platform for free than a billionaire with unlimited free press exposure.
minus-squareHootinNHollerin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-23 months agolemmy is more like 45k monthly active
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·edit-23 months agoThey mean the people who originally coded Lemmy, who are Marxist-Leninist communists. (Hence why they chose .ml for lemmy.ml.)
minus-squareNegativeNull@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·3 months agoHow many of those AREN’T bots?
minus-squarehemmes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoHow many trump family members are still alive and don’t hate Donald?
minus-squareRiskable@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoSubtract the number of scammed people from that total and you’ll have your answer 👍
minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoAnd of the ones that aren’t bots, how many are scammers and their sockpuppets?
I’m just as surprised as you are.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_Social
But how many of those are bots?
So … It’s a little bit smaller than Lemmy?
🤣 a bunch of communists built a more successful platform for free than a billionaire with unlimited free press exposure.
lemmy is more like 45k monthly active
But almost no bots
Lololololol
“Communists”
They mean the people who originally coded Lemmy, who are Marxist-Leninist communists. (Hence why they chose .ml for lemmy.ml.)
How many of those AREN’T bots?
How many trump family members are still alive and don’t hate Donald?
Good point.
Subtract the number of scammed people from that total and you’ll have your answer 👍
And of the ones that aren’t bots, how many are scammers and their sockpuppets?