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The company, which is majority owned by Donald Trump, has seen its stock plummet 84 percent under Nunes’ leadership, from its debut price of $58 back in 2024. The current share price of around $9.80 is arguably still optimistic for a company that has lost $1.1 billion since it went public, and recorded just over $10.6 million in revenue in the same time.

Even as the company struggled, Nunes prospered. In 2024 alone, his pay outstripped any revenue the company has made over its lifetime—he drew a salary of $1 million, a bonus of $600,000 and was awarded stock worth another $46 million.

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 6 points 40 minutes ago (1 children)

The guy got paid more than the company's entire revenue. He got fired from a fake job, at a fake company. He kept the grift going as long as possible, made a fortune, and stayed out of prison. Now he gets to retire with a fat bank account. Sounds like a BIG win to me.

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 1 points 33 minutes ago

I'm pretty sure I found more money in my pants after a wash than that company made in revenue. It's just 1 guys personally crafted echo chamber.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 14 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

to be fair that stock aint really worth 46million.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 points 47 minutes ago

Maybe the next guy will do a better job, and the stock value will increase. It's a Win-Win.

[–] MushuChupacabra@piefed.world 63 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

Imagine being stupid enough to invest in Truth Social.

[–] Microtonal_Banana@lemmy.zip 3 points 26 minutes ago

Especially when the CEO is Devin Nunes lol

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 points 45 minutes ago

It's the MAGA thing! Look, he has a new coin/ guitar/ sneaker/ Bible/ MacGuffin, etc. I can buy. The last one sucked, but this one will be cool!

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 13 points 5 hours ago

It's just MAGA people. We already know they are the dumbest people on the planet right now.

[–] calliope@piefed.blahaj.zone 24 points 17 hours ago (4 children)

My favorite part is seeing how badly they predicted their level of “success.” The delusion is strong:

At its launch, a slide presentation distributed to investors and filed with the SEC suggested that by 2026, the company expected to have about $3.3 billion in revenue, 40 million users on Truth Social and another 81 million spread across the company’s other services.

Hahaha!! 81 million people! $3 billion in revenue.

Truth Social may have as few as several hundred thousand daily active users, while Elon Musk’s X is estimated to have around 224 million. Those kind of numbers place it firmly in 24th place among social media companies, a few spots behind YouTube Kids.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 points 44 minutes ago* (last edited 43 minutes ago)

That dog was losing money before the launch announcement was over. Investors walked out of there poorer than when they walked in.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Wonder how many of those active users are bots and troll farmers.

[–] protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

do bots would even make sense there? if there is no users why bother botting it? what do they gain from that?

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 points 43 minutes ago

The illusion of activity.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Gotta keep the echo chamber consistent and alive.

[–] protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 28 minutes ago
[–] tomkatt@lemmy.world 19 points 16 hours ago

in 24th place among social media companies, a few spots behind YouTube Kids.

I like how they salted the wound there.

[–] homes@piefed.world 4 points 16 hours ago

A few hundred thousand? I think a YouTube channel I started 20 years ago and only uploaded one video to probably has more subscribers than that.

Yikes

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 26 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

This was only ever a vanity project for Trump. Or more sinister a way to control a portion of online discourse and perception. It was never meant to make money and it never will.

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 7 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

At the same time it wouldn’t surprise me to find out they really did think they could make money from this. With all of their “silent majority” bullshit it can’t have been that hard to delude themselves into thinking that a “safe space” for this “silent majority” would be profitable.

[–] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 1 points 10 hours ago

Literally every Conservative social network has been a colossal failure and money black hole.

Even Twitter got worse once Shitfuck Musk took over. He had to roll it into his government proped up AI/Space company to hide how bad Twitter has been losing money.

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Ah, I forgot the new rule is never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity. I yearn for the sweet flavor of gun metal.

[–] obviouspornalt@fedinsfw.app 1 points 10 hours ago

to be fair, it's not a new rule. also stupidity and malice aren't mutually exclusive.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 24 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 8 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Is that a reference to a particular cow that got more followers on a social networking platform than his owner?

This is still hilarious even after seven years.

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/03/21/devin-nunes-sues-parody-cow-twitter-account-jeanne-moos-pkg-ebof-vpx.cnn

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 7 points 15 hours ago

Why yes, yes it is

[–] ruuster13@lemmy.zip 5 points 15 hours ago

Devin Nunes was only half cash cow.