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In reply to the discussion: A plea for all DUers who haven't already done so. Drop Facebook like a rock, please? [View all]jr1118x
(97 posts)Facebook and Twitter are so integrated into our culture both personally and on business levels. If the RW is using it to exploitation and propaganda, all you are doing by clicking is giving ground to them to spread their hate, unchallenged. The RW already is much more successful in messaging, do we really want to concede two of the most powerful social media tools on the planet. Do you believe large enough numbers of people will really quit, their penetration shows that their not adding new members but unless something were to drive multiple millions of users away it is unlikely to decline that fast
Many Americans simply don't care about politics or news. In one study only 63% of people said they actually seek out or read the news. Is it likely that those people are going to quit FB because of fake Nancy Pelosi videos? Seems like we might be able to at least "accidentally" reach some of the people not actively looking.
http://mediainsight.org/PDFs/Journalism%202018/Americans_News_Media_Report_2018.pdf
A more concerning survey shows liberal/progressives are more likely to have stopped talking politics. https://www.journalism.org/2020/02/05/a-sore-subject-almost-half-of-americans-have-stopped-talking-politics-with-someone/ That means we are losing the messaging war even more when we shut up.
If they are using FB and Twitter for Propaganda instead of giving up the platform, I wonder why we are not using it the same way but for our side. If they can make videos why can't we? Well at least those of us that have the technical ability to.