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Andrew Tate is a chess player and promoted chess. Andrew Tate was the most internet famous person for a period of time with a huge following in the teen male d

by jonkho 3y ago

Andrew Tate is a chess player and promoted chess. Andrew Tate was the most internet famous person for a period of time with a huge following in the teen male demographic. Possible cause-effect.

mellosouls 3y ago
Interesting idea. It had exploded in popularity way before him, due to the other reasons mentioned; streamers, Queen's Gambit, etc. but the article is focused on a purported post January spike in schools - and considering the baleful influence he's claimed to have in them, it would also therefore seem necessary to factor him in to any analysis here.
vman81 3y ago
> Andrew Tate was the most internet famous person for a period of time I think this may just be your recommendation bubble - most people only heard about him when he was arrested.
- walthamstow 3y ago
  I don't use any social media (apart from this one, and visiting some subreddits without logging in) and Tate was indeed widely talked about for the 2-3 months before his arrest, at least in Britain. You don't have to be on social media - the UK newspapers and other sources will pick up what ever people are talking about on there.
  - rhaway84773 3y ago
    Andrew Tate was basically unheard of in the US and this article is primarily focused on the U.S.
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- yamtaddle 3y ago
  Same—but it's because I'm not a teen boy. Friends who are teachers inform me that he was and is incredibly popular in that demographic. I dunno about "most internet famous person" but he was probably at least in the running.
joshxyz 3y ago
he's controversial in a lot of things (on some things i agree, on some things i dont) but i do agree he did a great job promoting chess too.
_fizz_buzz_ 3y ago
I think it has a lot more to do with popular chess streamers like Hikaru, Botez sister, gothamchess etc. Andrew Tate promoted a lot of stuff and but I never came across his chess content and I follow chess content quite a bit. Also, I just googled what his chess rating was and his dad Emory Tate [1] came up, so it seems like he isn't even the most influential chess player in his family. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emory_Tate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emory_Tate
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by jonkho 3y ago

Andrew Tate is a chess player and promoted chess. Andrew Tate was the most internet famous person for a period of time with a huge following in the teen male demographic. Possible cause-effect.

mellosouls 3y ago

Interesting idea. It had exploded in popularity way before him, due to the other reasons mentioned; streamers, Queen's Gambit, etc. but the article is focused on a purported post January spike in schools - and considering the baleful influence he's claimed to have in them, it would also therefore seem necessary to factor him in to any analysis here.

vman81 3y ago

> Andrew Tate was the most internet famous person for a period of time I think this may just be your recommendation bubble - most people only heard about him when he was arrested.

walthamstow 3y ago
I don't use any social media (apart from this one, and visiting some subreddits without logging in) and Tate was indeed widely talked about for the 2-3 months before his arrest, at least in Britain. You don't have to be on social media - the UK newspapers and other sources will pick up what ever people are talking about on there.
- rhaway84773 3y ago
  Andrew Tate was basically unheard of in the US and this article is primarily focused on the U.S.
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yamtaddle 3y ago
Same—but it's because I'm not a teen boy. Friends who are teachers inform me that he was and is incredibly popular in that demographic. I dunno about "most internet famous person" but he was probably at least in the running.

joshxyz 3y ago

he's controversial in a lot of things (on some things i agree, on some things i dont) but i do agree he did a great job promoting chess too.

_fizz_buzz_ 3y ago

I think it has a lot more to do with popular chess streamers like Hikaru, Botez sister, gothamchess etc. Andrew Tate promoted a lot of stuff and but I never came across his chess content and I follow chess content quite a bit. Also, I just googled what his chess rating was and his dad Emory Tate [1] came up, so it seems like he isn't even the most influential chess player in his family. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emory_Tate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emory_Tate

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