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Re:X Chief Says She Is Leaving the Social Media Platform by intended on Thursday July 10, 2025 @09:21AM (#44520729)
The evidence is that Trumps win has more to do with the dynamics of the party+media symbiosis on the right side of the spectrum, than anything X did.

If your media ecosystem can get away with selling narratives and conspiracies as facts, without any pushback, then this allows you to set the topics of discussion for any debate. Agenda setting power > platform power.

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Re:X Chief Says She Is Leaving the Social Media Platform by phatskat on Friday July 11, 2025 @01:44AM (#44528732)
> Agenda setting power > platform power

The Alt-Right Playbook feels like a bummer version of XKCD for these discussions: [Control the Conversation](https://youtu.be/CaPgDQkmqqM)

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