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Re:U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests by raydev on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @09:25PM (#25666518)
Both FB and YouTube's top shared posts and video are super right-leaning, though (YouTube has other massively popular videos, but they are about gaming or influencer stuff). What would the equivalent "liberal" viral posts be, and why aren't they nearly as popular as the right's?
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Re:U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests by mr_toad on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @11:09PM (#25667183)
My bet is that Facebook’s user demographic skews old and white, and that explains their posting. If you go somewhere like Reddit or TikTok you’ll see an entirely different story.
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Re:U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests by gorgoiler on Thursday January 07, 2021 @01:23AM (#25667879)
Elsewhere in this thread the point is made that the opposite of a viral conservative video isn’t a viral liberal video. It’s either a moderate video, or no video at all.

(This might be the very point you are making, rhetorically?)

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