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[–] 13 points 8 months ago (3 children)

It seems like a no-lose for aspiring oligarchs, buying a social media platform with a large enough left and/or youth user base:

  1. muck with the algorithm until what remains is a new right-wing echo chamber; or
  2. accidentally sink the whole platform, but at least you wrecked a popular place for left-wing messaging; or
  3. somehow not meaningfully change the status quo, and end up with loads of user data and ad revenue.
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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Yup. It's hard to look at this and not imagine de-platforming the left sphere as deliberate.

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