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> I don't agree that he could have used any other social media to the same effect. Information propagates and decays on Twitter much, much faster than on other

> I don't agree that he could have used any other social media to the same effect. Information propagates and decays on Twitter much, much faster than on other mainstream platforms I certainly agree that Twitter's characteristics are unique, but I think there was also a lot of awareness of Trump going into the election and so I wonder if he could have done the same thing with a simple blog. My biggest curiosity is that now that he's shown that the attack can work, how many candidates will enter the next election doing it and how unusual will they be...

GuiA 9y ago
> how many candidates will enter the next election doing it and how unusual will they be... 2020 is still a while away, but a few leads: Kanye West: “Rappers are philosophers of our now, celebrities are the influencers of our now, just look at the president. [Trump] wasn’t in politics and won.” Mark Zuckerberg: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/01/zuckerberg-2020/513689/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/01/zucke...