How influencer-organized campaigns are succeeding at “ampliganda”, shaping public perception via messaging that is amplified by social networks’ algorithms (Renée DiResta/The Atlantic)

Renée DiResta / The Atlantic:
How influencer-organized campaigns are succeeding at “ampliganda”, shaping public perception via messaging that is amplified by social networks’ algorithms  —  One Sunday morning in July of last year, a message from an anonymous account appeared on “Bernie or Vest,” a Discord chat server for fans of Senator Bernie Sanders.