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0 pointswwright5y ago0 comments

You think that Pfizer doesn’t have a whole team dedicated to managing what gets reported on them by TV news and major papers?

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marcusverus5y ago· 3 in thread

Marketing/PR isn't power. The ability to market isn't concentrated in the hands of a few companies.

Meanwhile Twitter can block a trend on a whim. That's very different. That is direct, intentional manipulation of the conversation in the new (private) public square.

aspenmayer5y ago

Another good point. Just because a social media megacorp is useful to you doesn’t mean it needs you, or your followers, even if you’re verified. Maybe especially not if you’re verified. They can always verify someone else, and people will follow them instead. Especially if you’re banned from the service. Wait, is deplatformed the PC way to say it now? I’m trying here, folks.

Anyone have a coat? I’m catching a cold from all these http://chillingeffects.com

wwrightOP5y ago

Do you think PR teams don't have the ability to block topics on a whim?

read_if_gay_5y ago

Do you think they do? That's quite a novel conspiracy theory to me. But even if it's true, they obviously don't have as much direct influence as Twitter, Reddit, or newspapers themselves.

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