BeepMar 10

X and TikTok algorithms favour the far right at the expense of moderate parties

https://lemmus.org/post/20736907

Show threadRobotToaster
I do wonder how much of this is just that moderate parties are boring.
Mar 10 at 10:27amWeb
Show threadIlovethebombMar 10
Also the fact that people with moderate views don’t tend to watch political content all that much.
Show threadtechnocritMar 10

Yeah “centricism” is just privileged fascism. It’s the privilege of being completely ignorant and complacent while people are genocided, concentration camped, etc.

Overt fascism definitely drives more clicks.

Show thread🦇SalviaDivination🦇Mar 10
I think it’s more about rage bait. The far right just happens to have the best rage bait for the moderate majority.
Show threadFireRetardantMar 10
And any resistance to those policies is met with more rage from the right, its a self propelling cycle.
Show thread🦇SalviaDivination🦇Mar 10
Exactly
Show threadDefault UsernameMar 10
Why isn’t class-based rage as popular, then?
Show threadZorqueMar 10
Because it’s based on reality and doesn’t pander quite as much.
Show thread🦇SalviaDivination🦇Mar 10
Because the right censors that and feeds anti-socialist propaganda to the media so people misunderstand it and don’t try to fight it.
Show threadDefault UsernameMar 10
Good ol’ Red Scare propaganda.
Show threadTubularTittyFrogMar 10

because everyone thinks they are middle-class, and everyone aspires to be rich.

very few people think improving the conditions of the working class is a worthwhile goal… the goal is to get out of the working class and feel superior to them.

Show threadDefault UsernameMar 10
Ah yes. The “temporarilly embarrased billionaire”. How could I forget?
Show threadTubularTittyFrogMar 10
What’s baffling is I meet people my own age, who make like 200K a year. who also think this exact same way. They think their life right now is impoverished and they deserve to be a billionaire one day. Half my first dates the past couple of years tell me how ‘difficult’ their life is because they can’t afford first class plane tickets.
Show threadViatorOmniumMar 10
Keeping food in the supermarkets and having working infrastructure will definitely generate ad revenue… I mean “engagement” than threatening to kill all foreigners and LGBT people.
Show threadtechnocritMar 10
“Moderates” are right-wing, just like liberals.
Show threadRobotToasterMar 10
But still boring
Show threadTubularTittyFrogMar 10

Good policy is boring. Good government is boring. A company with moderate growth targets is boring.

Well-informed, articulate, and smart opinions… are boring.