Apr 05, 2022 10:53:00

Two executive engineers of former President Trump's SNS 'Truth Social' have resigned, and there are voices from the inside concerned about their survival

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It has been revealed that two people in charge of technology and product development have resigned from the operating company of the SNS ' Truth social ' launched by former US President Donald Trump.

Exclusive: Two key tech execs quit Truth Social after troubled app launch | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-two-key-tech-execs-quit-truth-social-after-troubled-app-launch-2022-04-04/

Trump's Truth Social App Plummets in Traffic, Sees 93% Drop in Signups Since Launch Week (Exclusive)
https://www.thewrap.com/trump-truth-social-app-93-drop-signups-traffic/

According to overseas media Reuters, engineers Josh Adams and Billy Boozer, who joined Truth Social's Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) in 2021, have resigned in 2022.

According to Reuters research, Adams built his career as a software developer and then co-founded Daring Bit Assembly, a product and software development consultancy. He was engaged in the operation of the company with the Patent and Trademark Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation as customers. Mr. Boozer was a person who cooperated with Mr. Adams before joining TMTG, and after joining TMTG, he played a major leadership as a product chief and worked as an administrator in departments such as technology infrastructure and design.

Adams and others moved to TMTG in 2021 and empathized with the company's mission to create an 'open platform where you can freely express your opinions except for criminal matters' and decided to create Truth Social. He was engaged.

This information came from eight sources familiar with TMTG, one of whom said, 'Adams is the company's'brain'and all bets will be invalidated if he leaves.' It seems that it is. When Reuters asked the two for comment, Boozer declined and Adams reportedly didn't respond.

Although Truth Social appeared as an iOS application on February 21, 2022, it was

reported that more than 500,000 people were put on the 'waiting list' due to the gathering of more users than expected, and even account registration was not possible. I am . 'Senior employees resigned at an important time when they had technical glitches and were waiting for the development of the Android version,' Reuters wrote.

In addition, the app was installed 870,000 times in the first week, but it has been sluggish in increasing the number of users, such as a significant decrease to 60,000 times a week one month later. The number of accesses to the PC version of Truthsocial.com has also decreased from 6 million times in the first week to about 1.9 million times most recently. Research firm Similarweb commented, 'Creating your own social network is not easy. This temporary increase in interest is also seen in Trump's past projects.' did.