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Republicans are killing us on social media: but we can fix it! [1]

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Date: 2022-10-25

We can do better!

Currently the right-wing dominates American social media. They cultivate an echo chamber where right-wing users or paid troll farms actively boost their own content through likes, shares, comments, reposts and retweets. Even more infuriating is that left-wing users inadvertently do the right-wing’s job for them by interacting with right-wing content they disagree with. Doing this perversely helps to increase the visibility of the right’s message.

How can we fight back? I’ve been working on a project called “Truth Choir” designed to counterbalance the right-wing’s social media advantage.

To see an example where Democrats need more engagement, check out this Tweet from the Frank Mrvan Congressional campaign:

Let’s get on this!

The idea is to get volunteers to amplify the messages of Democratic candidates in competitive races. A volunteer logs in and then sees a Facebook post or Tweet from competitive campaigns.



They are invited to "Like", "Retweet" and or "Share" the Tweet/Facebook post, and then record that they've done so, after which they see another one. They gain a point for each piece of content they interact with.



There are state-specific sites so people can focus on a state they live in or have a connection to:



Alaska: https://ak.truthchoir.org

Arizona: https://az.truthchoir.org

California: https://ca.truthchoir.org

Colorado: https://co.truthchoir.org

Connecticut: https://ct.truthchoir.org

Florida: https://fl.truthchoir.org

Georgia: https://ga.truthchoir.org

Iowa: https://ia.truthchoir.org

Illinois: https://il.truthchoir.org

Indiana: https://in.truthchoir.org

Kansas: https://ks.truthchoir.org

Maryland: https://md.truthchoir.org

Maine: https://me.truthchoir.org

Michigan: https://mi.truthchoir.org

Minnesota: https://mn.truthchoir.org

North Carolina: https://nc.truthchoir.org

Nebraska: https://ne.truthchoir.org

New Hampshire: https://nh.truthchoir.org

New Jersey: https://nj.truthchoir.org

New Mexico: https://nm.truthchoir.org

Nevada: https://nv.truthchoir.org

New York: https://ny.truthchoir.org

Ohio: https://oh.truthchoir.org

Oregon: https://or.truthchoir.org

Pennsylvania: https://pa.truthchoir.org

Texas: https://tx.truthchoir.org

Virginia: https://va.truthchoir.org

Washington: https://wa.truthchoir.org

Wisconsin: https://wi.truthchoir.org

For competitive campaigns across the country, there’s the site

https://truth.truthchoir.org

Please sign up now!

If anyone is willing to volunteer to do data entry for this project, please message me. Thank you!

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