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(3,234 posts)but it's a very different kind of problem.
I disagree that Chan communities are tiny, in fact I would say that they are perhaps larger than FOX.
There's 10s of millions of people who patronize Chan message boards; 4Chan, KunChan, & all the rest. Then you add in all of the Telegram channels and away you go! Remember, this is where the entire Q movement began. And many people on those boards certainly do vote - look at the pandering of the Republican base to those extremists - Proud Boys, Patriot Front, Nick Fuentes, Charlie Kirk, etc. It is a HUGE movement and also home base for the antivax movement.
Add in gaming culture and you have yourself a problem so large that it completely overwhelms things like FOX News.
Let me pout it into perspective-- Joe Rogan is huge with these people. His YouTube has more viewers than Rachel Maddow's show on MSNBC.