• mozz@mbin.grits.devOP
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    5 months ago

    If only it were possible to make social media posts more than once.

    Personally I think you’re overstating the electoral impact of this post – if it really were “one powerful argument posted on social media = 350 votes”, then a community of 100 people could each make a post a week from now until the election and swing the election by one million votes.

    I actually do think that’s somewhat similar to how it works. It is widely acknowledged that authoritarian governments are running organized troll campaigns on social media; every big social media platform has a team assigned to detecting and combatting it. I don’t think that would be happening if it simply produced 0 result. I think the result is less than 350, but it’s definitely not 0.