2026-10-22 23:08 UTC
@bob@feed.hella.cheap i think the more interesting thing on the right would be to draw a line all the way back to the "direct mail" networks in the 70s that helped build the Reagan revolution. If you look at early radio, direct mail, 90s talk radio, blogs, email forwards, social media, the far right is typically extremely good at adapting to new media and the left almost always plays catchup. TikTok is the only emerging form I can think of where the left was on an equal footing, and Biden/Ellison ended that.
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@mcc@mastodon.social 2026-10-22 23:09
@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.