"The #grifters that make up the #troll-industrial complex are not okay.

"One can see the sheen of #desperation in the #world of self-identified #conservatives who make a living by "triggering" the #liberals. The usual dose of outrage bait isn't working as well any longer, so the #rightwingers are escalating the provocations. Tucker #Carlson, for example, gave a glow-up interview with manosphere "influencer" Andrew #Tate, who is being held in #Romania on charges of sex #trafficking and #rape. #DailyWire anti-trans provocateur Matt #Walsh is selling plushies of himself clad only in a diaper, which he encourages #people to give to #children. Daily Wire founder Ben #Shapiro, on the other hand, made a nearly hour-long video #tantrum about "#Barbie," complete with setting the dolls on fire. The clawing need to get attention from #progressives seems to be driving these engagement farmers a little nuts, as they up the weird-and-evil ante, hoping to get those precious clicks and plays.

[...]

"The escalation of shock value tactics, on both the right and the pretending-not-to-be-right political classes, are likely rooted in the same cause: The slow motion collapse of #Twitter, now rebranded "#X," under the leadership of #Tesla CEO Elon #Musk. While these folks have various outlets, both in the #media and #socialmedia, ultimately their #business model of #trolling depends heavily on Twitter.

"Grifters need people to harass and a mainstream discourse to counter. As traffic takes a nosedive and Twitter becomes less a part of the conversation, it's going to be harder for these folks to make #money," Melissa #Ryan, a strategist who helps counter online #disinformation, told #Salon.

"They need us. We don't need them:" The fall of Twitter is making the trolls and grifters #desperate"

https://www.salon.com/2023/08/01/they-need-us-we-dont-need-them-the-fall-of-twitter-is-making-the-and-grifters-desperate/

The clawing need to get attention from progressives seems to be driving these engagement farmers a little nuts, as they up the weird-and-evil ante, hoping to get those precious clicks and plays.

"What Musk has proven through his actions and his statements is that he's committed to serving the trolls and the #fraudsters first and the ordinary good faith users second," explained Brian Hughes of American #University, who is the co-founder of the Polarization and #Extremism #Research and Innovation Lab (#PERIL). But, he noted, Musk is "blinded by his own #ideology" and can't see how this is backfiring. "As normal people, for lack of a better term, continue to leave Twitter, that's actually going to cause probably a reduction in the use of the platform by these trolls and these fraudsters. They don't have their audience of targets that they need," he continued.

https://www.american.edu/spa/faculty/bhughes.cfm

HAHAHAHAHAHA die mad about it, trolls. Full offense."

https://www.tumblr.com/wilwheaton/724472830135353344/the-grifters-that-make-up-the-troll-industrial?source=share

FA:
"Following a scan late on Saturday afternoon, we can confirm Keira #Walsh has not suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury."

#WM2023 #FIFAWWC #ENG

https://www.englandfootball.com/articles/2023/Jul/29/update-england-women-keira-walsh-20232907

"Matt #Walsh enjoys #Nazis. Now, he is blaming Nazis for '#inventing' #transgender #people.

His #Nazi following won't appreciate that."

"Nazis killed #trans people... They were one of the targeted #groups... What in the entire fuck..."

#Wired reporter Dell #Cameron was #banned from #Twitter on Wednesday after reporting on a #hacker who hijacked far-right provocateur Matt #Walsh’s account the night before.

#mattwalsh #twitterdrama

I don’t know who Matt Walsh is but #YouTube demonetized his channel.
Purportedly, #SocialBlade estimates #Walsh earns - or was earning, I should say - as much as $1.7m a year from #YT

Bullying #Transgender people! Ouch! Hope it was worth it.

#budlite #DylanMulvaney #dailywire

Der Faschist #walsh klingt nicht zufällig so wie ein Nazi - Propagandist. Er sagt: "Our war against this scourge is a defensive struggle. They started it. They wanted this fight. Now they have it."

Dieser Satz ist abgekupfert von einer Übersetzung einer Rede von Göbbels "The Jews wanted war, and now they have it. " Vieles was er in dieser Rede schreibt, klingt sehr nach dem was man von Walsh und anderen heute hört.

#Walsh ist da sehr offen, wenn er trans als Ideologie, als Gift für die Gesellschaft und das Individuum beschreibt. Das ist klassische genozidale Sprache. Er will die Minderheit zerstören, und ist offen darin dass "schützt unsere Kinder" nur eine Strategie im Krieg gegen eine Minderheit ist. Er dämonisiert und entmenschlicht wie es ein Propagandist der NSDAP getan hätte. #Faschismus