Comment by Barrin92

>today it seems to be much the same as it was before all that

User numbers are down 20% since the acquisition, ad revenue is halved and the value of the company has collapsed. Where is the politics? The only political thing was the acquisition itself. It ceased to function as a growth and market based company and effectively became a propaganda outlet, EM is highly relevant in that this was the actual point.

As a product the entire platform has stagnated, which is what you'd expect if you let most people go and just use it as an arm for election influence.