[milchek]

One major thing this has exposed is how many people from non US countries are grifting on the cultural war between the left and right in the US by pretending to be on either side.

This kind of content still gets a lot of engagement and can be pretty profitable for people in third world countries.

I think it’s good that has been exposed. There is a difference between me, as an Aussie, commenting on affairs in other countries, vs straight up exploiting peoples fears by pretending to be left or right wing, in the US, and sharing content to further fan the flames between people on the political spectrum.

You could argue they can still post this content, but it’s already pretty clear people tend to disregard or ignore this kind of rage bait when they realise the users are disingenuous.

[gruez]

>This kind of content still gets a lot of engagement and can be pretty profitable for people in third world countries.

How does monetization work in practice? You set up a twitter account saying that trans prisoners should get taxpayer funded care, and then what? You drop a link to your gofundme? Shill some betterhelp affiliate links?

[crimsoneer]

You just get paid per view on X posts now

[coldtea]

>One major thing this has exposed is how many people from non US countries are grifting on the cultural war between the left and right in the US by pretending to be on either side.

The US has shoved so much of its internal politics and culture over the whole world's throat, and dominates so much of the internet, and US-inspired regional politics in a lot of the world, that many people legitimately get caught up and chime in on US hot topics even the culture war too

[lisbbb]

You make it sound like only "right wing" people are idiots being fooled when I honestly doubt most right wingers in the US even have time for X or most crap like this mainly because they are busy working, raising families, and living their lives. It would seem more like the unwashed leftists who inhabit the Internet and live in some kind of altered reality would succumb to the "culture war" you are talking about. People on the right are far more rugged and while many are probably kind of dumb, a lot of them aren't.

[Erem]

No, they very carefully referred to left and right wing in equal terms