Comment on "X": Far-right conspiracy theorists have returned in droves after Elon Musk took over the former Twitter, new study says

intensely_human@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• BarryZuckerkorn@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Given I’ve been described as a right with conspiracy theorist for saying that capitalist countries experience less starvation than socialist ones, I’m going to have to take this assessment with a grain of salt.

  That’s not the methodology used, unless your description of starvation literally includes QAnon hashtags:

  Tracking commonly used QAnon phrases like “QSentMe,” “TheGreatAwakening,” and “WWG1WGA” (which stands for “Where We Go One, We Go All”), Newsguard found that these QAnon-related slogans and hashtags have increased a whopping 1,283 percent on X under Musk.

  And if not, then I’m not sure what your observations add to the discussion.

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  • ebu@awful.systems ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “i reflexively identify with the openly-fascist right-wing base that has found its home on elon’s twitter, and since i’m a reasonable person, the evidence that they’re conspiratorial and/or are CSAM posters simply must be fabricated”

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• darkphotonstudio@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah, it couldn’t possibly be because they’re a bunch of bigots in a delusional cult violating TOS agreements and generally being shitty people.

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