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I get where you're coming from, but to the users of the_donald, it wasn't a meme subreddit. They thought they were the main reason he got elected in 2016 and we

I get where you're coming from, but to the users of the_donald, it wasn't a meme subreddit. They thought they were the main reason he got elected in 2016 and were looking forward to playing a similarly pivotal role in 2020.

disgrunt 6y ago
> I get where you're coming from, but to the users of the_donald, it wasn't a meme subreddit. They thought they were the main reason he got elected in 2016 and were looking forward to playing a similarly pivotal role in 2020. That sounds exactly like what a Donald Trump meme subreddit would say.
ipaddr 6y ago
It was so close they could have made an impact. The Clinton email address / wikileaks dumps were being mined as a collective in the forum. That probably brought to light some emails the press would have ignored.
_-david-_ 6y ago
Steve Huffman: "I’m confident that Reddit could sway elections" https://bgr.com/2018/03/12/reddit-election-interference-steve-huffman-interview/ https://bgr.com/2018/03/12/reddit-election-interference-stev...