[marcosdumay]

Pre socials all the social movements around had been already captured by vocal "status quo defenders" that insisted (violently if needed) that the way to get what you want is to do the no-impact highly-performative action they picked.

Your only chance of attending a gathering of like minded people was by somebody organizing a new one, and only before those vocal bad elements discovered it.

Today the same happens over the internet.

[dylan604]

Today, you just join a Reddit thread or Telegram channel or follow someone on social. You don't have to seek it out. It is now just delivered to you with a notification that your twitchy little brain just can't find a way to ignore and must investigate the new new. Not only are you being fed nonsense, but you're having it fed to you in the most addictive way possible. Cult leaders would dream of having that much control.

[blooalien]

> Cult leaders would dream of having that much control.

These days they no longer need merely dream of it. They just set up a recruiting website and a propaganda channel on their favorite social media channel and they're good to go.