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My POV is that it's almost always worthwhile to engage on neutral platforms. I wrote a bit about this idea a few years ago: foreignpolicy.com/2021/…
But Rumble and Twitter aren't neutral. They have algorithims designed to push people to radicalizing content, not countervailing ideas. I don't think it's inherently wrong to try, but I do th…
My POV is that it's almost always worthwhile to engage on neutral platforms. I wrote a bit about this idea a few years ago: https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/05/01/bunkerchan-deradicalize-online-nazis-4chan-8chan/
But Rumble and Twitter aren't neutral. They have algorithims designed to push people to radicalizing content, not countervailing ideas. I don't think it's inherently wrong to try, but I do think you'll find yourself wasting time and energy, and you won't get paid for it.
The Biden camp tried this early in their campaign by engaging on Truth Social. It got a lot of engagement early on, then basically got ignored.
That's really interesting about the Biden team trying to engage on Truth Social, I had no idea! And I guess it's sadly unsurprising how it turned out. Also makes sense that there's no point trying to change the narrative on a compromised platform. Thanks for the insight.