this post was submitted on 25 Jun 2026
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A NewsGuard analysis found that in the five days since she posted the video, Loomer’s X account received 751,000 likes, comments, and reposts - compared to an average of 1.05 million likes, comments, and reposts during the previous three five-day periods. That represents a 28 percent drop in engagement.

It’s possible that the sudden drop reflected abandonment by a disgruntled base that Loomer has built over the years; as of June 23, she had 1.9 million followers on X. However, disaffected fans would not be expected to remain silent about her dramatic about-face and would therefore be expected to have more engagement with her account, not less. A more likely explanation for the rapid decline in engagement is that her previous engagement numbers were artificially pumped up by Russian bots, which could have been directed to abandon her after she turned against Russia.

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[–] artyom@piefed.social 11 points 2 months ago

Maybe they care more about free speech than my own country!

Yeah, I mean, if you say what they want you to say, they very much care about that. Funny how you say something they don't like and suddenly they withdraw their support...

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] rimu@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago
[–] khannie@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Very interesting little clip. Like obviously she's a massive ghoul but I have to respect the introspection and follow up position change.

[–] rangber@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago
[–] beliquititious@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago

I hate how normal that feels.

[–] MrSulu@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

Stupidity should never be rewarded.