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Eliot Rosewater

(31,097 posts)
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 09:13 PM Apr 2020

Joe Biden has 5 million twitter followers...Bernie has 11 million.

Last edited Wed Apr 15, 2020, 02:56 PM - Edit history (1)

Similar difference on Instagram...

Now is the time for ALL Bernie supporters to follow Joe on both venues, to support Joe and to tell everyone they know that this is what they are doing...


EDIT

I had forgotten about the bots and that certainly accounts for many of them; regardless it is still the time to ask everyone to come together and support Joe...period...No matter what.

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Joe Biden has 5 million twitter followers...Bernie has 11 million. (Original Post) Eliot Rosewater Apr 2020 OP
You aren't allowing for the bots for Bernie...and there are lots. nt Baltimike Apr 2020 #1
+1 crickets Apr 2020 #11
Sanders does also have a larger number of younger supporters dualboy24 Apr 2020 #17
Sanders has more bots than people and The RUSKIES outnumber the kids. nt Baltimike Apr 2020 #21
Only votes count n/t Darwin2019 Apr 2020 #2
All true Bernie supporters should follow Joe mcar Apr 2020 #3
DU's quiet and seems to be absorbing all this, but considering that Hortensis Apr 2020 #7
I just now on Twitter saw someone responding to Rob Reiner about uniting and voting for Joe Eliot Rosewater Apr 2020 #22
Not the best, but of course many are very upset right now. Hortensis Apr 2020 #24
You are so intelligent and your observations are excellent, I learn from you! Eliot Rosewater Apr 2020 #25
Biden and Obama! They're defining the right side to be on. Hortensis Apr 2020 #27
Which Shows The Unimportance Of Twitter, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #4
Thank you! cwydro Apr 2020 #8
It's not just politics either ibegurpard Apr 2020 #12
Magistrate LSFL Apr 2020 #14
Obama has more than Biden, Sanders, and Trump SiliconValley_Dem Apr 2020 #5
Great point! With Obama's official blessings, this can skyrocket the election process. UncleNoel Apr 2020 #6
Agreed! Would be great to have a general election--specific forum SiliconValley_Dem Apr 2020 #15
How many does Trump have? If we measure everything by twits and hashtags question everything Apr 2020 #9
Post removed Post removed Apr 2020 #10
I don't think telling Bernie supporters what to do is helpful in winning them over. I'm sure they vsrazdem Apr 2020 #13
Bernie's followers.... quickesst Apr 2020 #16
I can't bring myself to care who has a bigger following on twitter fishwax Apr 2020 #18
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2020 #19
Which proves twitter doesn't mean spit. Or votes. GulfCoast66 Apr 2020 #20
Russian bots will Not follow Biden. sarcasmo Apr 2020 #23
Oh well, what was I thinking? Guess I'll vote for Sanders then. Aristus Apr 2020 #26

dualboy24

(41 posts)
17. Sanders does also have a larger number of younger supporters
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 01:13 AM
Apr 2020

Especially in the 18 to 50 range, which are more likely to be online and using social media sites like twitter.

Also from what I have seen quite a few followers from other countries loved Bernie, so they may make up a fair chunk of the twitter base, who knows.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
7. DU's quiet and seems to be absorbing all this, but considering that
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 09:38 PM
Apr 2020

most of Sanders' supporters already planned to vote for Biden, I'm guessing they must be cautiously to quite pleased at what's happening. Biden and Obama didn't mince words. They want their enthusiastic support.

As for the chaff, they're separating themselves into little piles in dark places, no need for any help. Some seem to be trying to retain belief in one they already see as their ex-leader, rejection of Biden a prime virtue, others angrily slamming Sanders' betrayal of them. Almost all are currently promising to reelect Trump through protest votes for some vague green candidate they can't identify and a few by voting directly for Trump. Inevitable and big oh-well? Maybe some will eventually follow the light and become reengaged. Hope so.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,097 posts)
22. I just now on Twitter saw someone responding to Rob Reiner about uniting and voting for Joe
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 02:42 PM
Apr 2020

(this is a clear Bernie progressive responding) saying:

"What do you care,you got yours! Better work hard, Joe is gonna need all the help he can get"

It was a response to me also as I had responded...This is the kind of person who will destroy us all if given half a chance.

Hell, not voting for Joe is actually going to KILL people if he loses.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
24. Not the best, but of course many are very upset right now.
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 03:15 PM
Apr 2020

On top of it, a lot of people drawn to the messages of populist leaders have a tendency to resentment, victim syndromes, distrust and suspicion of others, even conspiracist explanations. Don't know about this one, but you can't expect those who are like that to deal with political reverses well. And for them elections are mostly a long series of severe disappointments. I wouldn't make too much of it.

Besides, for Twitter, and the situation, this was pretty mild. Wouldn't be surprised if he didn't end up voting for Joe to slam the Republicans. We'll see how Sanders does.

The Magistrate

(95,237 posts)
4. Which Shows The Unimportance Of Twitter, Sir
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 09:22 PM
Apr 2020

Those figures reversed are about the proportion of votes between the two.

The punditry has fallen into the lazy habit of taking activity on Twitter as a solid indicator of actual public feeling, simply because that can be seen at a glance, whereas discovering the feelings and intentions of actual feelings requires some labor, to the results of which 'intelligence guided by experience' must then be applied.


"Defeat of a hated enemy is something to be for."

ibegurpard

(16,685 posts)
12. It's not just politics either
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 10:07 PM
Apr 2020

Trending on Twitter has become a measurement of general enthusiasm that often misses the mark across industries.

LSFL

(1,109 posts)
14. Magistrate
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 10:15 PM
Apr 2020

Were I as restrained and eloquent as you, I would avoid a lot of hides. You are a ninja, sharp blade cutting painlessly yet deep. I am scarface...heedlessly firing round after round into my own house..

Teach me, oh great one, so that I may learn.

UncleNoel

(864 posts)
6. Great point! With Obama's official blessings, this can skyrocket the election process.
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 09:35 PM
Apr 2020

PS. We need a General Election Forum NOW!

Response to Eliot Rosewater (Original post)

vsrazdem

(2,176 posts)
13. I don't think telling Bernie supporters what to do is helpful in winning them over. I'm sure they
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 10:07 PM
Apr 2020

need time to adjust to their loss, and there is plenty of time for that to happen.

fishwax

(29,146 posts)
18. I can't bring myself to care who has a bigger following on twitter
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 01:16 AM
Apr 2020

if bernie's supporters want to follow Joe, great. If not, fine. All that matters to me is whether they vote for him, which I'm confident the vast majority will.

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