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oldtime dfl_er

(6,991 posts)
Sun Feb 17, 2019, 03:22 PM Feb 2019

Twitter rapid response?

We need to make sure the media is going to be fair this time around. And they won't do it on their own, because 45* is apparently somehow good for ratings.

I've been toying with the idea of creating some kind of a twitter rapid response. You know how the Russians have thousands of bots that jump into action whenever they want to overwhelm rational conversation on Twitter? I don't want to do that, but I do think it would be a good idea to have a way to reach thousands of twitter users very quickly, for example, during debates or when the media is covering a Trump rally (thus giving him millions in free publicity). The idea would be that when CNN, for example, has a panel of only Trump supporters, or shows a rally that is clearly just a rally and not actual NEWS, the group would be contacted and alerted to send out hundreds or thousands of properly hashtagged tweets (in this case hashtag would be #CNN or #CNNnews or #AndersonCooper or something like that). If it was done quickly, simultaneous to the broadcast, it could get the attention of the muckymucks at the network and possibly keep them a bit more honest.

This is just a first thought. But we really do have the power if we have the numbers, and we really could force the networks to cover the 2020 campaign cycle a bit more honestly.

This post is meant to be an opening statement in what I hope will be a discussion about actions we can take. I hope I won't be criticized into silence, but that's a risk I'm taking.

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Twitter rapid response? (Original Post) oldtime dfl_er Feb 2019 OP
Not quite sure what you mean hermetic Feb 2019 #1
Thanks oldtime dfl_er Feb 2019 #2
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hermetic

(8,636 posts)
1. Not quite sure what you mean
Sun Feb 17, 2019, 03:55 PM
Feb 2019

But I'll follow you if you'll tell me who you are, here or PM. Something I am seeing there that concerns me,
PoliticsPolls @pollsofpolitics is rampantly overrun with MAGotts lately. They are getting thousands of pro-trump votes. There is surely a bot farm in the works there.

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