Not everyone has taken the news of the imminent well takeover of Twitter by Elon Musk On the contrary. Many users, especially from the left, have decided to leave the social network in controversy against the change of ownership.
The reason? Elon Musk has pledged to put free speech back at the heart of Twitter’s values, and apparently the idea hasn’t fooled the progressive side of the social network.
There are no official Twitter estimates, but according to Insider, it’s pretty clear that there has been some form of exodus. Just look at the number of followers of some icons of the US that are left.
For example Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezfar left deputy, ha 37,000 followers lost in a few days. Former President Barack Obama has lost more than 300,000. A similar fate for Katy Perry, who has lost more than 200,000 followers since last Monday. The current president in office, Joe Biden, marked a net loss of 5,610 followers on Tuesday. Quite unusual considering that his account is growing by an average of 15,551 followers per day.
Twitter denies that we can speak of it for the time being mass flight of users Social media dismissed the issue by recalling that it is normal for there to be significant fluctuations in the numbers of the most followed accounts. Trivial because the social removes a large number of bots and accounts made for spam every day.
When left-wing accounts cry, right-wing personalities have something to laugh about. Also, according to Business Insider, many right-wing politicians and media accounts have had a sudden influx of new fans.
The Republican Delegate Matt Gaetz within hours, he had nearly 25,000 followers, despite his average account growing by 1,165 followers per day. Also fine Ron DeSantisFlorida Governor: 141,566 followers in just 24 hours. Of course, it must be said that DeSantis is experiencing a moment of great popularity, thanks to the space obtained in the media. Gain ground – with 13,568 followers – too One America News Networka cable channel that competes from the far right with Fox News.
Source: Lega Nerd
