some_guytoNews@lemmy.world·10 days agocross-posted to: showerthoughts@lemmy.worldTruth Social Users Are Losing Ridiculous Sums of Money to Scams(gizmodo.com)external-linkarrow-up1883arrow-down113message-square147file-textfedilink
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minus-squareFlying Squidarrow-up62arrow-down3·10 days agolinkfedilinkTruth Social has more than one user?
minus-squaredisguy_ovaheaarrow-up29arrow-down0·10 days agoedit-210 days agolinkfedilinkI’m just as surprised as you are. estimated 607,000 monthly users (as of July 2023) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_Social
minus-squaregedaliyahMarrow-up35arrow-down3·10 days agolinkfedilinkSo … 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-squareHootinNHollerinarrow-up12arrow-down0·10 days agoedit-210 days agolinkfedilinklemmy is more like 45k monthly active
minus-squareFlying Squidarrow-up4arrow-down2·9 days agoedit-29 days agolinkfedilinkThey mean the people who originally coded Lemmy, who are Marxist-Leninist communists. (Hence why they chose .ml for lemmy.ml.)
minus-squarehemmesEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down0·10 days agolinkfedilinkHow many trump family members are still alive and don’t hate Donald?
minus-squareRiskableEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down0·10 days agolinkfedilinkSubtract the number of scammed people from that total and you’ll have your answer 👍
minus-squarekent_ehEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down0·8 days agolinkfedilinkAnd of the ones that aren’t bots, how many are scammers and their sockpuppets?
minus-squarejagged_circleEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·9 days agolinkfedilinkI guess its not actually all bots if there is money being sold after all
Truth Social has more than one user?
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?
I guess its not actually all bots if there is money being sold after all