Alex Gleason, the lead engineer for Donald Trump’s social media platform Truth Social, told Reuters he resigned from the indicted felon’s venture to concentrate on growing the underlying framework he developed independently and then adapted to use for Trump.
Prior to joining Trump Media and Technology Group in January 2022, Gleason developed Soapbox, an open-source decentralized social media technology he believed could challenge the dominance of Facebook and Twitter. His departure is the latest blow to Truth Social, which continues to struggle to attract users and which awaits a cash injection from Digital World Acquisition, itself having a pretty crappy month.