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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://toad.social/users/minorusaba/statuses/113507072347514210">Minoru Saba (minorusaba@toad.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Nov-2024 10:41:15 JST</a><a href="https://toad.social/@minorusaba" title="minorusaba@toad.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/139443-48-20230930221108.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Minoru Saba" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Minoru Saba</a><div><a href="https://toad.social/@minorusaba/113503004155295634" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a><ul><li></ul></div></section><article><p><a href="https://toad.social/@murodegrizeco">@murodegrizeco</a> It looked like a bandwagon effect amplified by social media algorithms.<br>Not sure if professional influencers/hidden agendas were involved, but the message "that Saito is a reformist fighting those with vested interests and a victim rather than a perpetrator [of misdeeds]" sounds as if there's a standard textbook on crowd <a href="https://toad.social/tags/manipulation" rel="tag">#manipulation</a> and <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Japan" rel="tag">#Japan</a> worryingly lags in media literacy🤔<br><a href="https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/backstories/3663/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/backstories/3663/</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4019304#notice-7867826">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-11-19T10:41:15+09:00" title="Tuesday, 19-Nov-2024 10:41:15 JST">about 4 days ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://toad.social/@minorusaba/113507072347514210" rel="external" title="Sent from toad.social via ActivityPub">toad.social</a></span></span><a href="https://toad.social/@minorusaba/113507072347514210">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: www3.nhk.or.jp</div><h5><a href="https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/backstories/3663/">Social media key to getting former prefectural governor re-elected | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News</a></h5><div></div></header><div>Social media are starting to have a big impact on Japan's elections. Voters in Hyogo Prefecture have re-elected a former governor after he lost his post amid accusations of power harassment and other misconduct.</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Minoru Saba (minorusaba@toad.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Nov-2024 10:41:15 JSTMinoru Saba
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@murodegrizeco It looked like a bandwagon effect amplified by social media algorithms.
Not sure if professional influencers/hidden agendas were involved, but the message "that Saito is a reformist fighting those with vested interests and a victim rather than a perpetrator [of misdeeds]" sounds as if there's a standard textbook on crowd #manipulation and #Japan worryingly lags in media literacy🤔
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  Social media are starting to have a big impact on Japan's elections. Voters in Hyogo Prefecture have re-elected a former governor after he lost his post amid accusations of power harassment and other misconduct.

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