Raised. But like anything else, only new features and the buzz they create can make it a successful platform, as the ex-president’s round-the-clock trolling excitement is sure to grow. blur. I’ve seen it before, to be a winner in technology, it takes more than providing a stage for endless screaming parties and stunts. You should care about being useful, entertaining or unique – and being all three is the golden goal.
Truth Social is already playing catch-up in right-wing social media behind Gettr, Rumble, Parler, MeWe and others. So it better get better, fast. It’s not obvious here, even with Trump’s backing, as they’re all vying for a relatively small pool of consumers. (I mean, there’s so much Dinesh D’Souza nonsense to go around.)
Wall Street, however, didn’t seem to mind the mess. Digital World Acquisition, the special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, with which Trump Media is about to merge, saw its shares rise 14% after the debut of Truth Social. This, despite an ongoing investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission that could halt the SPAC transaction and deny Trump Media access to some $1.3 billion in cash.
But let’s face it, Trump still longs for Twitter, his greatest digital love, a relationship that’s no longer shared. Although he’s been tweet-banned, I’d bet big bucks on betting he’d go straight back to his old stomping ground – with the emphasis on stomping – if given the chance , leaving Truth Social without a backward glance.
4 questions
This week I caught up with Liza Donnelly, whose new book “Very Funny Ladies,” about female cartoonists for The New Yorker, will be published next month. But rather than my tried-and-true Q&A format, I asked Donnelly, a cartoonist herself, to delve into her drawing skills and answer my questions with her drawing pen. No assembly required this week.
Your book is called “Very Funny Ladies”, which they are. But I would like to know why we have to differentiate between women and men when it comes to cartooning, because it does not require, for example, a feat of physical strength to pick up a pen or pencil. In other words, what unique challenges do women face in comics?
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