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NEW YORK, July 17 (Reuters) - The head of engineering for the company that operates former U.S. President Donald Trumps Truth Social app told Reuters on Monday he had resigned, in a blow for the venture...
Alex Gleasons departure comes amid a period of prolonged uncertainty for Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), which launched Truth Social as a way for Trump to connect with his base after he was cut off from major social media platforms after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by his followers...
Gleason is the founder of Soapbox Technology, which provides open-source technology for decentralized social media platforms that operate on independently-run servers and provide an alternative to Twitter and Facebook...
TMTG hired Gleason in January 2022 to adapt Soapboxs technology for its own needs, eventually using it as the front-end technology - which users see and interact with - for the Truth Social app...
Since then, Trump has been reinstated on the more widely-used platforms from which he was ousted, including Facebook and Twitter, and Truth Socials user base has remained tiny compared to the growth targets TMTG laid out in November 2021, when it told investors the app would reach 56 million users by 2024 and 81 million by 2026...
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