Three senior officials have departed Truth Social leaving the former president looking for a change up.
Three top executives quit Truth Social, including chief technology officer, Josh Adams and Billy Boozer, the head of the company’s product development, and chief legal officer, Lori Heyer-Bednar, according to two people familiar with the matter. Reuters first reported the departures of Adams and Boozer.
Trump has been upset with the state of his social media venture, Truth Social, and is eyeing major shake-ups to the company, including positions on the board of Truth Social’s parent company, Trump Media and Technology Group, according to one of those people familiar with the matter and a separate person as well.
Trump’s frustration comes as the site has struggled mightily upon launch, with low traffic and persistent tech glitches. It is also now suffering from personnel issues too — neither Adams nor Heyer-Bednar list their job titles with Truth Social on their personal profiles, despite previously having listed it.
Trump launched the Truth Social app as a way to take on “Big Tech.” He and his allies argued it would rival major social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook, which both removed the former president from their platforms following the Jan. 6 riots on Capitol Hill.
Trump himself has only posted once on the app.
But so far, users have complained about a lack of engagement on the app and have faced issues signing up. Thousands of potential users still remain on a waitlist, unable to log on. And while the app is available for iOS users, there is still no app available for Android users.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/04/trump-social-media-staff-exodus-00022706