“Social Media” has been around for decades, and one would have to be naive to think you can’t get a pulse of the public’s mood based.
The term social in regard to media suggests that platforms are user-centric and enable communal activity. As such, social media can be viewed as online facilitators or enhancers of human networks—webs of individuals who enhance social connectivity
Apparently Jazzy reads “there’s a lot of liberal anger on social media right now”, and refuses to believe it because it’s not properly sourced. There is a big swath of anger out there, but to appease our doubting Thomas, I’ll give an example from one individual.
NY appeals court gave Trump a 10-day extension & reduced his bond from $464m to $175m
Our justice system is BROKEN AS F
75K views, 3K reposts.
The poster? Lindy Li. Social media influencer with 350K followers on X, CNN Contributor, repeat White House guest, Biden delegate in the Pennsylvania. Another one of her posts.
Orange privilege reigns supreme
NY appeals court is competing with Judge Aileen Cannon and the 6 Federalist Society hacks on the Supreme Court to see who can kowtow to Trump the most
These Trump enablers are in a dead heat
That’s not an angry meltdown? The thousands of people reposting aren’t upset with the appeals court decision?
Here’s another influencer, Henry Sisson. The DNC used young Henry to reach the youth vote. He’s got 184K followers on X and 800K followers on TikTok. His take on the appeals court decision?
It’s disgraceful that the NY appeals court dropped Donald Trump’s bond amount from $454 million to $175 million. Trump is getting preferential treatment and it’s unacceptable. If this were anyone else, he would have to pay immediately. Insanity.
438K views on X, 1.3K reposts.
Taking just a quick scroll through the comments shows us many liberals (who refer to themselves as “Resisters” on X) who were very upset that Trump’s bond was reduced and equally upset when news of Truth Social going public broke..
Now these aren’t polls and there’s no margin of error to complain about. But it’s naive to think it’s not possible to gauge public sentiments by perusing social media.
I’ve got a feeling Jazzy’s wearing blinders, and if he doesn’t read it in the New York Times, or hear it on PBS, than to him it’s not true.