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John Pritchett: Culture Shock

The purchase of Twitter by the world’s wealthiest man — who also owns Tesla — has sent a giant jolt through the social media world.

By John Pritchett

May 1, 2022 · 0 min read

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John Pritchett

John Pritchett is an award-winning cartoonist. He has created artwork in Hawaii for decades, including 20 years at the Honolulu Weekly. See his portfolio on the web at: pritchettcartoons.com. Opinions are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Civil Beat’s views.

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John Pritchett

John Pritchett is an award-winning cartoonist. He has created artwork in Hawaii for decades, including 20 years at the Honolulu Weekly. See his portfolio on the web at: pritchettcartoons.com. Opinions are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Civil Beat’s views.

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I just hope the new management finally cracks down on all the bots and manipulation going on with the recommendation algorithm. Have you ever wondered why, and how, the same dozen or so accounts always end up on the trending section? And if that wasn't enough, they are almost always in lockstep agreement politically. Given that we know several of these accounts are funded by PACs (Gravel Institute), or the Democratic Party itself as with @mmpadellan (Brooklyn Dad, Defiant!), I just can't accept the explanation that their popularity is organic. Even if they were genuinely popular, there's no way they'd manage to appear with such consistent regularity on such disparate topics.

Lio · 4 years ago

The left is afraid of free speech. Everyone knows what twitter has been doing.

Stopthemadness · 4 years ago

If your ideas cannot stand to be criticized, then they probably aren't very good ideas.

Intelligentsia · 4 years ago

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