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I don't think leftists are really that associated with short-form writing, haven't you seen the jokes about "leftist memes"?[0] They were on Twitter because th
by astrange 3y ago
I don't think leftists are really that associated with short-form writing, haven't you seen the jokes about "leftist memes"?[0]
They were on Twitter because they left Tumblr, which was long-form.
[0] the joke is they have pages of text on them
- hotdogscout 3y agoTumblr leftism was much more contained though, it was hard to peer pressure targets and journalists outside the scene looking for easy stories had no ability to reproduce the gossip and slander. Twitter's mechanics are a shouting competition, with 10% of users making up 90% of tweets, while giving users tremendous power over public figure's profiles. It turned leftist discourse into a more violent /r9k/ with a minority skin and corporate backing. I don't think the move towards a short-form platform had a non-trivial influence in this shift.