Analysis of Trump's social media engagement before and after bans shows a significant drop but some posts still receive equal engagement due to amplification
When Facebook and Twitter barred Donald J. Trump from their platforms after the Capitol riot in January, he lost direct access to his most powerful megaphones.
This @nytimes today explicitly classifies @Acosta as a liberal journalist and part of the Democratic/liberal camp. That's obviously true, though he would deny it. One way journalists could restore trust is abandoning the “neutrality” fraud & be honest. https://www.nytimes.com/...…
Deplatforming obviously works when it comes to dampening the speaker's reach. Whether it's *right* and whether it drives conversations elsewhere are other questions entirely. https://twitter.com/...
Before the ban, Trump's social media post with the median engagement generated 272,000 likes and shares. Post-ban, that dropped to 36,000 Yet 11 of his 89 statements after the ban attracted as many or more likes or shares as the median post before the ban https://www.nytimes.com/…
“Since his ban and President Biden's inauguration, he has posted statements online far less often. But some of his statements have traveled just as far and wide on social networks.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Journalists at the New York Times analyzed Donald Trump's social engagement before and after he was deplatforned and find some (not all) of his statements still achieve similar reach, shared by a supporter network. False election claims have been dampened. https://www.nytimes.com…