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Re:X Chief Says She Is Leaving the Social Media Platform by mvdtnz on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @02:43PM (#44513482)
If you think twitter made even 1% difference in 2016 I urge you to go and touch some grass. This stuff doesn't matter.
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Re:X Chief Says She Is Leaving the Social Media Platform by ahmeneeroe-v2 on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @03:09PM (#44513735)
DJT's use of Twitter in 2016 allowed him to operate within his opponents' OODA loops.

DJT and his supporters could craft narratives directly, rather than going through traditional media.

DJT's information flow: DJT -> Twitter-based Supporters -> News Orgs -> Electorate

Other Candidate's info flows: Candidate -> News Orgs -> Electorate

So not only could DJT move faster, but he also didn't need permission/buy-in from Editors/Owners of news orgs.

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Re:X Chief Says She Is Leaving the Social Media Platform by aaronax on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @02:54PM (#44513599)
Way more likely that it was /r/the_donald. In my humble, biased opinion--since I was around there but never really active on Twitter.
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Re:X Chief Says She Is Leaving the Social Media Platform by JSteph22 on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @03:15PM (#44513784)
But Trump won more convincingly in 2024 without it? That doesn't support your argument.
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Re:X Chief Says She Is Leaving the Social Media Platform by lesuorac on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @03:19PM (#44513835)
Trump won by <1% in an election against a candidate who lost her only attempt at a primary and during a time period where western incumbents saw a 10+% drop due to their handling of covid inflation.

2024 isn't a story of how Trump outwitted his opponents but one of how his opponents tied their shoelaces together.

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Re:X Chief Says She Is Leaving the Social Media Platform by lynx97 on Thursday July 10, 2025 @05:58AM (#44519247)
That is so true, and needs to be repeated more. DJT didn't win because he was so great. DJT won because the DMC candidate was so hilariously bad.
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Re:X Chief Says She Is Leaving the Social Media Platform by raydev on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @11:59PM (#44517044)
There weren't a lot of 50+ year old folks on Reddit in 2016. Now there are, but that's because they've aged into that range.
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Re:X Chief Says She Is Leaving the Social Media Platform by HDThoreaun on Thursday July 10, 2025 @09:44AM (#44521012)
Trumps ability to control the narrative is pretty much wholly based on his tweeting skills. He is legitimately a top tier tweeter up there with @dril and the likes. It is incredibly entertaining and end of the day that’s what politics is about now.
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