Just imagine the level of control one rich man can have over the information highway.
Rupert Murdoch 2: Information Highway to Hell.
AndreTelevise@lemm.ee 1 year ago
If 4chan made Trump win in 2016, Twitter might make Trump win in 2024. Which is a scary thought. Just imagine the level of control one rich man can have over the information highway, Twitter, one of the biggest social media sites in the world, used still by many politicians, journalists and reporters on both sides. It’s happening.
Noite_Etion@lemmy.world 1 year ago
CosmoNova@feddit.de 1 year ago
Twitter made Trump win in 2016. Like, did people seriously forget about „Trump tweeted“ headlines that dominated daily news for years? The same news that would then claim a small obscure website like 4Chan made Trump president single-handedly. I mean I almost can‘t blame you for memory holing those years, but claiming Twitter wasn‘t absolute dog water before Musk is simply wrong.
Weirdfish@lemmy.world 1 year ago
In a documentary made during the 2016 election cycle Trump talks about how much better his PR team is because he doesn’t have to use traditional channels to reach his base, he can just tweet it when ever he wants to tell the world something.
He was very much using twitter as a primary communication channel from the begining, and this time around, he has both twitter and truth social as his basically his own.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 year ago
Mueller has me convinced Russian social media farms made Trump win.
jamisonnbishop@midwest.social 1 year ago
James Fucking Comey certainly didn’t help.