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Most people find this a joke, but I don't kid when I say that 4Chan might be the single most influential political force today. 4Chan's 'meme makers' have an u

Most people find this a joke, but I don't kid when I say that 4Chan might be the single most influential political force today. 4Chan's 'meme makers' have an uncanny ability to distill an idea to its simplest form. Ideas that emerge on 4Chan end up on Reddit, from where they are picked up by Buzzfeed and HuffPo. Before you know it, what was a dumb little idea spawned by some anon on /b has become a part of 'internet culture' I've seen firsthand how 4Chan has been able to influence Trump's presidential run. If it weren't for /pol's constant shilling for him, I doubt Trump would've had so much support. 4Chan's memes have changed perceptions of Trump, whether you like it or not

kiproping 11y ago
Reddit is very anti-trump, and liberal. Most reputable media companies in the western world are liberal. Do you have an example of a website like huffpo or buzzfeed quoting reddit about how awesome that beautiful pepe gif of trumps train with no brakes is? Any trump content is heavily downvoted on reddit. Just click on controversial posts on reddit, filter for today or the whole week, one subreddit will be most prominent.
- 14113 11y ago
  Reddit has a surprisingly strong/large pro-trump subreddit: /r/TheDonald, which seems to pop up on the front page with alarming regularity.
anon4 11y ago
Except... the Trump memes were just trolling. Until he took it and posted that image with "Can't stump the Trump". Nobody shills for Trump because they want him to win, it's just a dumb fun thing like holding your hand over an open flame until you get burned. You don't do it because you want to get burned, you do it for the socio-tribal meta-significance of the act.
andrepd 11y ago
>Most people find this a joke, but I don't kid when I say that 4Chan might be the single most influential political force today. I do hope you are kidding, because to say that a fringe Internet forum holds more sway on the masses than TV, newspapers, Super PACs, corporate lobbies, etc, then I think you are seeing things very very wrong. >I've seen firsthand how 4Chan has been able to influence Trump's presidential run. If it weren't for /pol's constant shilling for him, I doubt Trump would've had so much support. 4Chan's memes have changed perceptions of Trump, whether you like it or not Trump is winning states left right and center. Millions of Americans are voting for him. After everything that can be said about Trump, I wonder what makes you think this is attributed to, of all things, 4chan? Isn't this a little too megalomaniac?
- tunap 11y ago
  Digg it!

kiproping 11y ago

Reddit is very anti-trump, and liberal. Most reputable media companies in the western world are liberal. Do you have an example of a website like huffpo or buzzfeed quoting reddit about how awesome that beautiful pepe gif of trumps train with no brakes is? Any trump content is heavily downvoted on reddit. Just click on controversial posts on reddit, filter for today or the whole week, one subreddit will be most prominent.

14113 11y ago
Reddit has a surprisingly strong/large pro-trump subreddit: /r/TheDonald, which seems to pop up on the front page with alarming regularity.

anon4 11y ago

Except... the Trump memes were just trolling. Until he took it and posted that image with "Can't stump the Trump". Nobody shills for Trump because they want him to win, it's just a dumb fun thing like holding your hand over an open flame until you get burned. You don't do it because you want to get burned, you do it for the socio-tribal meta-significance of the act.

andrepd 11y ago

>Most people find this a joke, but I don't kid when I say that 4Chan might be the single most influential political force today. I do hope you are kidding, because to say that a fringe Internet forum holds more sway on the masses than TV, newspapers, Super PACs, corporate lobbies, etc, then I think you are seeing things very very wrong. >I've seen firsthand how 4Chan has been able to influence Trump's presidential run. If it weren't for /pol's constant shilling for him, I doubt Trump would've had so much support. 4Chan's memes have changed perceptions of Trump, whether you like it or not Trump is winning states left right and center. Millions of Americans are voting for him. After everything that can be said about Trump, I wonder what makes you think this is attributed to, of all things, 4chan? Isn't this a little too megalomaniac?

tunap 11y ago
Digg it!