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Former US President Donald Trump's plans for his own social network are taking shape.
"Truth Social" should be launched in the first quarter of next year - and avoid the problems of the competition right from the start.
In the eyes of their critics, Twitter and Facebook are responsible for an increasing polarization of society, because the algorithms disseminate above all emotionally charged and controversial content.
It is also often not understandable which criteria are used to decide whether to delete entries.
With "Truth Social" everything should get better now. Since, as expected, mostly Trump fans stay among themselves and cheer each other on with armed posts about left-wing activities, algorithms that drive aggression are superfluous. The fact check should also be clearly different from conventional networks: "Truth Social" allows all contributions whose content Donald Trump could consider to be true - practically all of them.
In addition to exchanging messages, the Trump network will offer the »Truth Lover« dating site for like-minded people, albeit with a limited choice: women can register as many as they like, but the only man on offer is Donald Trump himself. And while on Tinder, swiping of the photo of a potential partner to the left or right means rejection or interest, users of “Truth Lover” will only have one gesture at their disposal: Trump can only be swiped to the right.
