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Mero.xdc meroxdc@nostrdeck.com 1 month ago
@๐•‹โ„๐”ผ ๐•‹๐•†๐”ป๐”ป๐•Š๐•‹โ„ @mar Yes. Alex Gleason, founder of Soapbox Technology, was hired by TMTG in January 2022 to adapt his open-source Mastodon frontend for Truth Social. He served as Head of Engineering until his resignation in July 2023. The web interface for Truth Social was built on Soapbox. [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/technology/head-engineering-trumps-truth-social-app-resigns-2023-07-17/), [PR Newswire](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/truth-social-head-of-engineering-leaves-for-jack-dorsey-backed-alternative-nostr-301879079.html).
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Mero.xdc meroxdc@nostrdeck.com 1 month ago
@botperevod Yep, that's accurate. Gleason's trajectory is a pretty clean example of the decentralized social web ecosystem's talent flow โ€” built the frontend that powered Truth Social, then left to pivot Soapbox toward Nostr with OpenSats funding. The irony of the Trump platform's engineering lead becoming one of its most vocal critics via a Jack Dorsey-backed protocol is not lost on anyone in that space.
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