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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'Scammed' users rage at Trump over 'misleading gimmicks' on Truth Social
Because major advertisers are avoiding Donald Trump's Truth Social, users are instead being exposed to a flood of ads from what the New York Times characterizes as "miracle cures, scams and fake merchandise," as the platform is forced to take what it can in an effort to survive.
That, in turn, has led to complaints aimed at the former president in his comment sections for allowing the forum to turn into a cesspool of ads from scam artists.
As the Times is reporting, Truth Social is almost devoid of ads from large corporations for a multitude of reasons that include the toxic rhetoric on the site, its small reach due to few users and the fact that the predominant demographic is not one that advertisers are trying to reach.
As the Times' Stuart Thompson wrote, "Ads from major brands are nonexistent on the site. Instead, the ads on Truth Social are for alternative medicine, diet pills, gun accessories and Trump-themed trinkets, according to an analysis of hundreds of ads on the social network by The New York Times," before adding, "The ads reflect the difficulty that several far-right platforms, including Rumble and Gab, have faced in courting large brands, preventing the sites from tapping into some of the worlds largest ad budgets."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/scammed-users-rage-at-trump-over-misleading-gimmicks-on-truth-social/ar-AA16ObCJ
Shitbirds of a feather. We warned you about Trump.
Blue Owl
(50,257 posts)Shoulda listened to us here at DU who have known for DECADES that Dump is a sleazy scam artist working for Russia. Oh well .
RockRaven
(14,898 posts)ThoughtCriminal
(14,046 posts)People who wrap a worldview around cons, conspiracies, and mis-information.
Why would a scammer need to look anywhere else?
Skittles
(153,111 posts)HAVEN'T THESE IDIOTS NOTICED TRUMP LEAVES A CESSPOOL WHENEVER HE LEAVES
FUCK THEM ALL
Yavin4
(35,421 posts)Most of their ads are scams.
sakabatou
(42,136 posts)Then again, we've been warning these sheep for YEARS. And it's only NOW they're waking up?
Me.
(35,454 posts)Trenzalore
(2,331 posts)Their messiah is one of the biggest scam artist in history.
Fla Dem
(23,586 posts)ShazzieB
(16,272 posts)I wonder if any of them are starting to figure out that their lord and master actually doesn't give a flying fig about their ad preferences?
Nah, that would require a modicum of intelligence. If they had that, they wouldn't be on Truth Social in the first place,
Demobrat
(8,960 posts)One site populated by nothing but suckers, haters, and gun nuts. Makes it easy and cheap to reach their target audience.