I am sure there is a lot of cross traffic between here and thedonald.win, myself included, although I only lurk there. I've been lucking since before the 2016 election, before reddit even banned the original subreddit.
Since the election there has been a huge number of election fraud posts, and while some of them certainly seem to have merit, there are plenty that don't. As a consequence I see posts that call for "low energy pedes" to leave, or Republicans (that aren't Trump supporters) to leave, etc. I fear that the signal to noise ratio is too low, and it makes it too easy for the MSM to ignore.
I have my own theories about what happened with the election, why, and how, based on what I've read, that I hope are reasonable, but my title question is an important one. It also asks other things. Is the Trump movement growing or shrinking? Are reasonable voices being driven away who really want to sort the fact and fiction? Are we all deluding ourselves?
Excellent, I was hoping to have the opportunity to ask a TD user about something. I was never really a member or lurker there, but I do have a fondness for them because they tend to foster a charming sort of sincerity and kindness amongst themselves. Lately, when I pop over to take a look, I haven't been seeing that, so I was a little concerned. Though that can be explained by simply getting a big surge of new users that are very enthusiastic about, erm, productivity.
So, what I really want to ask is about the "energy" and memes. The "energy" of the pro-trump memes was high in 2016. I would describe the current state of their memes as lower energy now. Do you have any insight or guesses for this?
My own theory right now has to do with the partial purpose of TD to act as a perpetual hype train. You can generate hype to spur creativity and motivation (two of the elements that make up "energy"), but over a long period, there are diminishing returns as people experience a form of mild burnout/exhaustion. Now, by design, a hype train picks up new passengers to contribute and revitalize and replace exhausted members. But what if the new passengers get on board without understanding "energy"? Then the memes will naturally become distorted. It could even explain a false call to blame of others being "low energy".