🚨 The Conservative Influencer Circle Jerk
The promise of news decentralization from X has very quickly centralized.
Today, the long awaited drop of Epstein’s files has been promised. As I write this, the files have not been made public. Instead, they were given to a number of high profile conservative X influencers.
Around noon today, people such as Chad Prather, DC Draino and Scott Pressler walked out of the oval carrying binders of recently declassified Epstein documents.
Meanwhile, us common folk with X accounts less than a million followers were left wondering why they were not publicly released at the same time.
Then the spin began to happen. Our expectations were quickly toned down as reports came that what’s in those files are mostly already released information, as SDNY is allegedly stopping the handing over of the actual documents. That’s weird and concerning.
My concern is that the events of just these past few hours have already sown the seeds of distrust and conspiracy in regard to not just the Epstein files, but all the other files we were promised.
But it gets worse.
The way the X algorithm works is that it incentivizes big accounts engaging with other big accounts, and if you have been on X lately, you will notice that many of the major influencers RT others in their network. It’s become a circle jerk of similar talking points from the same folks all using the same language “🚨 Breaking:”
But it’s not just that these same influencers use the same click-bait emoji’s, they actually use same exact tweets, word for word.
Look at these screenshots that appeared within moments of each other from Chad Prather and DC Draino:
The Facebook post from Chad and the X Post from DC Draino are identical.
Today I met with President Trump, VP JD Vance, AG Pam Bondi, and FBI Director Kash Patel in the Oval Office They handed me a binder copy of the Epstein Files This is the most transparent administration in American history The best part? This is just the start. AG Bondi confirmed there are thousands more Epstein File documents being secretly held in the SDNY and they will be delivered to the DOJ in DC by February 28 People will be going to jail for what they’ve done
There are only two options here. The best take is that they just copied each other’s post, but I think what is more likely is that most of these mainstream conservative influencers are using the same marketing agency to manage their social media posts. This makes the most sense when you see the sheer amount of posts they make every day and the incredible similarity between any two of them at the same time.
This is actually really dangerous. As it creates a media with a singular narrative without disagreement or alternate views.
But worse, it appears that all of our social media influencers that millions of people rely on for news and information apart from centralized mainstream media is actually very quickly becoming centralized mainstream media. So much so they are all using the same social media managers.
This is not a good thing. It means that there is not any diversity of thought among the news influencers, this diversity of thought is essential in a free press.
A while back ago, there was a video of all the local news reading the same Associated Press news headlines. It was mercilessly mocked and spread all over the internet. But how are those two X posts not the “Social Media” version of that?
The power of a decentralized press is that there are going to be differing and competing views on varying subjects of importance. There are great conservative men who disagree with Trump on tariffs and free trade. There are great MAGA guys who abhor Trump’s federal funding of IVF.
We need to have influencers on our own side that disagree with each other, and not just agency directed mouthpieces for the Trump administration. This is vital for a representative republic.
X is insanely important. The ability to send out a tweet and have it go viral, or create a platform for yourself with nothing but an e-mail address and a blue check, is one of the greatest powers the common people in this nation have ever had. What Elon did with buying X was one of the most significant moments in American History.
But I fear we are very quickly going to lose that power and any meaning by centralizing reach to administration approved voices, and I am worried no one is really bothered by this.
Signed,
A Trump Supporter
Godless leaders and mouthpieces will always fill the void that other Godless leaders and mouthpieces leave behind. Its just Godlessness geared toward the right rather than left.
It is concerning, but that is why Christians need to take the opportunity they have for the next 4 years (2 in reality) and pray and push for influence over the states and nation.
Yes you’ve articulated my fear about this X platform as well. They might just be the new establishment voices- same as the old establishment voices. They just look more daring and based in their public image.