As has been demonstrated, attention is all that matters, positive or negative.
Cuomo lost the primary. I don’t understand ‘what has been demonstrated’ beyond a sexpest failed governor staying in the race as an independent to spoil the elected primary choice in the NY general.
It’s insane how deeply institutional FUD over anyone left of Nancy Pelosi pervades the party. Y’all out here cynically doubting immediately, let the man fail on his own demerits, instead of maintaining the ‘another unelectable lefty smh’ meme you are rehashing.
I’m not saying he’s unelectable, I’m all for him. Screw Pelosi and the archaic Democratic establishment, they can burn.
And I’m not saying he’s in trouble because he’s too left.
I’m saying social media, specifically, is stacked against him. And people should restrain their celebration of feel-good upvote ratios as a victory, lest they fall into the illusion of feeling like he’s “trending” and breaking through.
People liking Mamdani and telling Cuomo off already support Mamdani. If the goal is to expose Mamdani to newcomers/fence sitters, views from lurkers and such are what gets voters.
In other words, a high like ratio… feels nice. But if it doesn’t translate to more engagement (and it clearly does not, otherwise Twitter would be prioritizing serving Mamdani’s post), those likes aren’t translating to impact. In fact, hating on Cuomo drives more engagement in his favor because the Twitter algorithm knows outrage is engaging, and will expose more viewers to it.
And yet Cuomo gets 5x the engagement (views and quotes). As has been demonstrated, attention is all that matters, positive or negative.
Mamdani has to play the game, but Twitter is still a losing game to play.
that’s even worse for Cuomo. that makes the like percentage 7.4% vs .04% — that’s a 185 : 1 ratio
Cuomo lost the primary. I don’t understand ‘what has been demonstrated’ beyond a sexpest failed governor staying in the race as an independent to spoil the elected primary choice in the NY general.
It’s insane how deeply institutional FUD over anyone left of Nancy Pelosi pervades the party. Y’all out here cynically doubting immediately, let the man fail on his own demerits, instead of maintaining the ‘another unelectable lefty smh’ meme you are rehashing.
I’m not saying he’s unelectable, I’m all for him. Screw Pelosi and the archaic Democratic establishment, they can burn.
And I’m not saying he’s in trouble because he’s too left.
I’m saying social media, specifically, is stacked against him. And people should restrain their celebration of feel-good upvote ratios as a victory, lest they fall into the illusion of feeling like he’s “trending” and breaking through.
But Mamdani won and Cuomo lost the primary?
And they’re still trying to sabotage Mamdani in the general by splitting the vote.
If you look now, Mamdani’s tweet currently has 20x the retweets and 30x the likes. Most of the replies to Cuomo are telling him off.
Twitter shows Cuomo to more people, hence the views, but engagement is higher for Mamdani.
Exactly!
People liking Mamdani and telling Cuomo off already support Mamdani. If the goal is to expose Mamdani to newcomers/fence sitters, views from lurkers and such are what gets voters.
In other words, a high like ratio… feels nice. But if it doesn’t translate to more engagement (and it clearly does not, otherwise Twitter would be prioritizing serving Mamdani’s post), those likes aren’t translating to impact. In fact, hating on Cuomo drives more engagement in his favor because the Twitter algorithm knows outrage is engaging, and will expose more viewers to it.
Mandani won the game. He won the primary in a landslide.
Not yet. Dems are still trying to oust him in the general.
Mamdani is also on Tiktok and his presence there is widely credited to have boosted his image and eventual primary win.
And Instagram which is where I found him, his media team is incredible
Well that’s good! I didn’t know that.