How many registered black voters decided
not to vote because of online Russian propaganda? Show me the numbers? Anyone peddling this low impact bullshyt thinks black voters are stupid or easily influenced. In reality, we are some of the most sophisticated users of social media.
Anecdotally, can anyone find me at least a dozen or so black people that were legitimately influenced by that Russian gibberish messaging? You can find just about one Negro to say just about anything and go on television, yet I haven't seen one black person to date say they decided to not vote because of proven Russian bot activity.
The internet is not television where you are force-fed content. Older black voters who are the most reliable are voting regardless of whatever they see on Facebook and millennials tend to gravitate towards curated news and online spaces that emphasize their preexisting worldview on politics, voting, or whatever the fukk else.
I'm more liable to believe a random black person sent money to Prince Achbee to release funds than I would believe something they saw on Twitter in 2016 made them not want to vote that year.
Does Digital Sista, Nance, or any of these experts actually engage in black online spaces beyond following likes and retweets as engagement? Black Planet, BGOL, Black Voices, Okayplayer...I've used the black internet since the beginning and there's always been a vocal apolitical strain that resembles real-life. I've seen nothing to indicate anything has changed or that existing apolitical sentiments have been amplified by outsiders in any meaningful way that would sway a damn presidential election of all things. This has marginal impact in the worst case while other forms of voter suppression on the ground are actually more effective.
Did the Russians take a break in 2018 when black voter turnout increased?
Did negroes stop using social media that year?
The Russians will now (or once again like during the civil rights movement) be a handy excuse anytime black voter turn out dips. It will be another way to ignore or defuse black political apathy and whatever revolutionary or anti-establishment sentiments we may be expressing on the ground.