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   Matt May (mattmay@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 21-Nov-2024 13:20:18 JST Matt May

   The worst part of this is that Elmo's influence on the election was probably nil, but since none of them understand correlation vs. causation/post hoc fallacy, he's going to have an outsized influence on GOP politics just by showing up and acting like a dick.
   https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-musk-republicans-stuck-election-2024-1235173757/

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 21-Nov-2024 13:20:16 JST Rich Felker

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     @mattmay Burning down Twitter likely did have an effect, but that was Mr Bone Saw and Putin's doing, not Elmo's. He was just their tool.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 21-Nov-2024 15:18:19 JST Rich Felker

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     @mattmay It could partly have come from the lost connections and channels for information that mainstream media won't report to get from savvy ppl to everyone else.

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     Matt May (mattmay@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 21-Nov-2024 15:18:20 JST Matt May

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     • Rich Felker

     @dalias I'd say it activated young, mostly white male voters, but only the ones who, you know, can read. I think Joe Rogan did more of the heavy lifting.

     But all told, that still doesn't account for 7 million fewer voters showing up for Harris. That didn't come out of either the Twitter dingleberries or podcast listeners.