Hashtag flooding can effectively drown out organized far-right messaging.

Evidence

The aim of these attacks was to subvert Trump supporters’ and white supremacists’ efforts to disseminate information and organize meetings through the use of hashtags. The outcome was a resounding success: their messages were almost completely drowned out within hours. — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities, 469

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the broader platform/moderation literature (e.g., Zuckerman on digital utopianism and counterpublic strategies in media theory). — connects to: Consistent crowd-reporting of hate content leads to eventual blocking — Holm Gero Hümmler, Ulrike Schiesser, Fact and Prejudice: How to Communicate…, 343

Broader Connections

• Consistent crowd-reporting of hate content leads to eventual blocking #corroborates (0.75) — Holm Gero Hümmler, Ulrike Schiesser, Fact and Prejudice, 343