Elon Musk’s Twitter coup has harmed the right. They are now simply ‘too online’ | Paolo Gerbaudo
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Democrats were fooled by their social media echo chamber in 2016. Now Republicans may be falling into the same trap, says sociologist Paolo Gerbaudo

Democrats were fooled by their social media echo chamber in 2016. Now Republicans may be falling into the same trap

  • PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    I would say that in 2016, everyone was “fooled” - the Russian troll farm was something we had never seen before.

    I like to think we’ve learned how to recognize those tactics by now and that we’re a bit smarter. Some of us, at least…Republicans seem to still be in their Putin controlled Q-pronoun-book banning-conspiracy theory phase.