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I can see the case for conservatives gaining followers (if they trust the service to treat them fairly) I don't see the case for liberals experiencing a mass e
by mc32 5y ago
I can see the case for conservatives gaining followers (if they trust the service to treat them fairly)
I don't see the case for liberals experiencing a mass exodus of followers. Why would a follower of an account tilting liberal suddenly not want to follow the liberal account they have liked? Especially considering many who "lost" followers are somewhat miffed at the losses --so it seems that although Twitter is changing ownership these voices still see it as a valuable and useful medium whereas for the numbers to line up, the followers would have to have the opposite view from the accounts they follow. Time will tell.
- orbz 5y agoI’m guessing if someone deletes their account it’ll remove them as a follower from any counts
- mc32 5y agoI dunno, I would not expect to join or leave in droves so quickly --even before signatures on the deal have dried. But possible, I guess --just seems unexpected, if true.
- codefreeordie 5y agoThey may have deleted their account. Certainly many people said they would if Musk bought Twitter. Perhaps they did.
- mc32 5y agoThat would be somewhat a kneejerk reaction before seeing how the new ownership manifests itself --but you could also be right. Hard to say unless TWTTR provides some data to give people the background to these numbers.
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- icytrumpet 5y agoI would put my money on big liberal PACs and PR firms deleting botnets and cutting ties with botfarms that exist solely to boost engagement on their candidates posts.
- mc32 5y agoHopefully some light is shed on what's behind the numbers. This is as good a guess as any at this point. I mean, sure could be actual people rage-quitting Twitter, but it may also be interested parties cutting their losses.