2026-10-22 23:09 UTC
@bob@feed.hella.cheap One thing that does interest me is Fox was trying to put a finger on the scales with both the blogosphere and the email forwards eras of right-wing Internet communication, but it didn't really "move onto" the Internet wholesale until Twitter, and the right didn't really own the Internet until around that same period. I can't tell if it's a coincidence that's the same time as the harassment campaigns.
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@bob@feed.hella.cheap 2026-10-22 23:16
@mcc@mastodon.social the left and the libertarians did compete on equal footing in the late 90s, but the left didn't have any ability to organize outside of the internet and liberals always wished the internet would go away. liberals are just really attached to existing institutions and aren't willing to lean into the disruptive new thing like the right is.