Dan Gillmor
Belatedly, but better than never, the NY Times takes a look at Trump's "Truth" Social and -- you'll be shocked, shocked -- learns that when it comes to advertising it's slime city. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/27/technology/trump-truth-social-ads.html
On Trump’s Truth Social: Ads for Miracle Cures, Scams and Fake Merchandise

Truth Social, the social network started by former President Donald J. Trump, has struggled to attract large brands.

The New York Times
Jan 27, 2023 at 6:19pmWeb
Show threadexcited for the mastodon riseJan 27, 2023

@dangillmor They only did it once it was dying anyway with him going to back to twitter and facebook.

They're not the good guys.

Show threadwakest likes your bugs ⁂Jan 27, 2023
@dangillmor so "Truth Social...raised about $37 million" for a Mastodon fork... that is pretty impressive scam right there...
Show threadwakest likes your bugs ⁂Jan 27, 2023
@dangillmor heres the article free of paywall if anyone wants to read: https://archive.is/JcsfN#selection-497.12-501.1 surprisingly it doesn't mention Mastodon at all
Show threadJimTheWhyGuy ❌👑Jan 27, 2023

@dangillmor My favorite is The Trumpinator. But #TFG's dialogue would have to change:

Men - grown men, tears in their eyes! - come up to me on the street - in fact, it was 5th Avenue, where I could shoot someone and they'd still love me - and they tell me, "Sir, sir, please, please, would you come back to that police station?" And I tell them that if it was to kill Linda Hamilton - we loved her in Beauty and the Beast, didn't we, folks? - I would have to think twice, maybe three times, and ...

Show threadJimTheWhyGuy ❌👑Jan 27, 2023
@dangillmor And you have to love the last line, where a Truth Social user complains directly to #TFG about the ads being ripoffs and says: "I've been scammed more than once." Definite candidate for low end of the Dunning Krueger scale 🤦‍♂️