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Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper
I completely agree that blaming twitter is really bizarre, especially considering that FB exists as the platform of choice for the far right. There is also Parler - the far right twitter, but most importantly, what fox news and OANN have been smashing into Americans eyes and ears for years.
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I don't know. Twitter, importantly, is TRUMP'S tool of choice and that's what has made it play an integral role. Yes the news channels and other news sources have spread his chaotic seed around but he sows them with tweets. The radio silence since his account was suspended is really illuminating.
Also on a secondary level - the nonsensical pro-Trump bot activity on Twitter during election day and the following day was unprecedented, I followed a lot of it first hand and I've never seen anything like it. Genuinely chilling glimpse at bona-fide misinformation warfare.