@some_guy to News@lemmy.world • 2 months agoTruth Social Users Are Losing Ridiculous Sums of Money to Scamsgizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square147arrow-up1883arrow-down113file-textstarcopymore-verticalflagCreate ReportslashBlock usercross-posted to: technik@feddit.orgpolitics@sh.itjust.worksaiop@lemmy.worldshowerthoughts@lemmy.world
arrow-up1870arrow-down1external-linkTruth Social Users Are Losing Ridiculous Sums of Money to Scamsgizmodo.com@some_guy to News@lemmy.world • 2 months agomessage-square147file-textstarcopymore-verticalflagCreate ReportslashBlock usercross-posted to: technik@feddit.orgpolitics@sh.itjust.worksaiop@lemmy.worldshowerthoughts@lemmy.world
minus-squareFlying Squidlinkfedilink59•2 months agoTruth Social has more than one user? arrow-up162arrow-down13file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@disguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink29•edit-22 months agoI’m just as surprised as you are. estimated 607,000 monthly users (as of July 2023) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_Social arrow-up129arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-squareFlying Squidlinkfedilink27•2 months agoBut how many of those are bots? arrow-up128arrow-down11file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@gedaliyah@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilink32•2 months agoSo … 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. arrow-up135arrow-down13file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@HootinNHollerin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink12•edit-22 months agolemmy is more like 45k monthly active arrow-up112arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@gedaliyah@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilink12•2 months agoBut almost no bots arrow-up112arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@jagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglish0•2 months agoLololololol arrow-up13arrow-down13file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@Emerald@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•2 months ago“Communists” arrow-up14arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-squareFlying Squidlinkfedilink2•edit-22 months agoThey mean the people who originally coded Lemmy, who are Marxist-Leninist communists. (Hence why they chose .ml for lemmy.ml.) arrow-up14arrow-down12file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-squareNegativeNulllinkfedilink10•2 months agoHow many of those AREN’T bots? arrow-up110arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@hemmes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 months agoHow many trump family members are still alive and don’t hate Donald? arrow-up15arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@disguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink8•2 months agoGood point. arrow-up18arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-squareRiskablelinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 months agoSubtract the number of scammed people from that total and you’ll have your answer 👍 arrow-up15arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@kent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoAnd of the ones that aren’t bots, how many are scammers and their sockpuppets? arrow-up12arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@jagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoI guess its not actually all bots if there is money being sold after all arrow-up13arrow-down11file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
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