Analysis: many right-wing personalities saw their followers surge on sites like Telegram, Gab, and Gettr after the January 6 riot, but growth has since stalled
possibly to be joined soon by Trump's long-promised social network, Truth Social — can build a sustainable business solely by catering to a radicalized right.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @getongab : @IntelTweet “Not very popular” and yet we are going to have 90 million visits this month, more than most major news sites. Keep telling yourself that. Gab is inevitable and Christ is going to be put first again in this country. https://twitter.com/... Oliver Willis / @owillis : theres no libs to own in the right wing echo chamber https://twitter.com/... Emerson T. Brooking / @etbrooking : Deplatforming is set to become one of the main far-right issues heading into the 2022 midterms. Why? Because unlike most platform interventions, it actually works. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Jared Holt / @jaredlholt : Some really interesting data here https://twitter.com/... Charles Johnson / @green_footballs : Of course; there are no liberals to troll there. What fun is it to just listen to other wingnuts rant? Pro-Trump influencers flocked to alternative social networks. Their follower counts stalled soon after. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis : And yet media continue to treat Trump's “base” as a force. Pro-Trump influencers flocked to alternative social networks. Their follower counts stalled soon after. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Jeff Atwood / @codinghorror : deplatforming *works* https://twitter.com/...
And yet media continue to treat Trump's “base” as a force. Pro-Trump influencers flocked to alternative social networks. Their follower counts stalled soon after. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
“If you're just a run-of-the-mill Trump supporter & then all of a sudden you're in a pool of channels that's hard-core far-right or neo-Nazi content, it may not be your cup of tea.” -@AmarAmarasingam Interesting article from @jeremybmerrill & @drewharwell on platform migration. h…
I don't understand why people keep being surprised by this. The very concept of an “influencer” requires an audience to influence. You don't get that in some backwater community of fellow outcasts. You get that in places like Twitter and Facebook where the normies are.
They forgot to include the part about Gab's Andrew Torba using his platform as a megaphone for his campaign against “Judeo-Bolshevik society.” Vigorous promotion of racism and antisemitism might be slightly relevant to why it isn't very popular. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ..…
The data “calls into question whether this new and polarized online ecosystem — possibly to be joined soon by Trump's long-promised social network, Truth Social — can build a sustainable business solely by catering to a radicalized right.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@IntelTweet “Not very popular” and yet we are going to have 90 million visits this month, more than most major news sites. Keep telling yourself that. Gab is inevitable and Christ is going to be put first again in this country. https://twitter.com/...
Deplatforming is set to become one of the main far-right issues heading into the 2022 midterms. Why? Because unlike most platform interventions, it actually works. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Of course; there are no liberals to troll there. What fun is it to just listen to other wingnuts rant? Pro-Trump influencers flocked to alternative social networks. Their follower counts stalled soon after. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...