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DWAC: Yes, so you know, basically there was, you know, the President himself made a statement about increased activity on the platform after the recent events, and you know, we look at the user numbers. We look at how many followers the President
has. Thats a great metric to see what you know, user engagement and number of users are on the platform, and you know, weve seen what we feel are positive trends. And you know once again that theres always going to be ebbs and
flows in any business, and I feel like right now, Truth Social is there, theres plenty of information. I see you know, users very actively engaged. I have my own account. Im constantly gaining followers, and you know were going
back and forth, and I see people truthing articles Ive never been interested in. I think Im definitely contributing more day by day. I officially announced that Im going to be providing public information about this vote on Truth
Social. I mean, I didnt use it for that in the past. So, at least in my perspective, its gaining traction, and you know, people are going to be attracted by the platforms that they engage on, where they feel comfortable, where they feel
that the information is interesting to them, and theres a choice. Theres always a choice, and I do believe, based on you know, the experience Ive had recently on other platforms that I havent had that on Truth, I really had a
very pleasant experience, and Im using it more and more every day.
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John Jannarone, Editor-in-Chief - IPO Edge: Great, weve got so many questions coming in, Patrick. Im going to weave in one about the vote here. Someones asked, if I
dont vote, is that treated as a, no?
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Patrick Orlando, CEO -
DWAC: Well, it just doesnt count it. So, its the equivalent of a no vote, and you know, if you are a stockholder and you own a share, and you think this having more time is a good idea to you know, facilitate Digital World getting a deal
done, and you dont vote, then no one knows what you felt. You havent helped yourself. So, if you want to help yourself, and you already are invested in the name, which means you have some interest in the outcome, you might as well cast
your vote, and obviously we urge you to vote for it. We think its a good idea, and thats why were proposing the vote. So, you know, if youre an investor and you dont pick up the phone and you dont vote, you know
that inaction, you know, youre responsible for your own inactions, and you know, I do believe for one, you know Im an incredibly hard worker. I love to be around hard workers. When I believe in something, I put effort into it, and you
know, the effort is what pays off in the in the long term, right? So, you know, if you believe in something, you agree that having more time to complete a business combination makes sense. Pick up the phone, you know, cast your vote, and it
doesnt take a ton of effort, but its an effort, and youre going to feel better, having known that your vote got counted. You know, I have kind of a saying now, kind of based on the military, and I like to say, you know, no
stockholder left behind. I dont care if youve got one share or twenty-five shares, or one hundred shares, or fifty thousand, right? I mean your voice counts, and it counts in all sorts of elections, right? So, we, we see elections all
the time, and I see local elections for city council, and then these things, with you know, tens of thousands of voters, you know, people just arent exercising their rights, because it takes effort, but you know, if youre going to put
some effort into something, put in that effort for the things you believe in or things youre invested in. If youre a stockholder, you might as well put some effort into making sure the company youre invested in has the best
conditions possible for growth.
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John Jannarone, Editor-in-Chief - IPO Edge: Great,
lets spend a couple of minutes if we might Patrick, talking about the need to work or cooperate with the likes of Apple or Alphabet in order to have a successful app. You know, I think if you look back, there was a time when Travis, founder of
Uber, had some trouble with Apple. Truth Social is on Apple. Whats going on with Google? This has been in the news a lot lately. I think theres a question that just came in. Let me read this. Someone had a quote from what the issue was.
The issue is due to violations of standard policies, including issues around threats, violence and content, moderation. Can you comment on that for us?
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Patrick Orlando, CEO - DWAC: You know, like its tough for me to comment. I havent researched those policies, and you know, Google has its own
business. TMTG runs its own business. You know, we look at the business from a, you know, the perspective of business with wonderful potential. Im not up to speed enough on you know, what those policies are, and how Truth Social could in any
way, not be consistent with that, but you know, thats not a