Twitter famously aided Trump's rise to power, and more engagement only fed him. Even (especially) people mad at him. In an alternate universe where Twitter wasn't so powerful, I don't think Trump wins the 2016 R nomination, and fascism becomes significantly less mainstreamed.Twitter famously aided Trump's rise to power, and more engagement only fed him. Even (especially) people mad at him. In an alternate universe where Twitter wasn't so powerful, I don't think Trump wins the 2016 R nomination, and fascism becomes significantly less mainstreamed.

The rational thing to do seems to be abandon engagement machines that put up with people like him, because attention is power.The rational thing to do seems to be abandon engagement machines that put up with people like him, because attention is power.

Twitter went back in time and started attacking Hillary Clinton when she was first lady of Arkansas. Then it forced Comey to reopen a ridiculous case 10 days before an election. And Twitter created The Apprentice out of a hasbeen lose