22-10-2022, 02:24 PM
I thought that after their last protest, Groundswell said they'd be moving away from the VFF lot.
This may explain it...
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/1302420...ng-protest
"Broadly speaking, Voices for Freedom is having an identity crisis.
A group that harnessed energy by opposing public health measures during a pandemic has an obvious problem: What public health measures? Right now, VFF and the Government essentially have the same position on the pandemic.
To sustain its own existence, VFF has been forced to cast a wider net in an effort to re-energise its user base.
It tried with a campaign to get its supporters to run in local body elections, which was, for the most part, a failure. Early last month, it attempted to relive its glory days with a large pamphlet drop about face masks, only for mask mandates to be dropped days later.
This lagging energy is reflected in its engagement numbers. In recent months, viewership of VFF’s video content has fallen off a cliff.
Since being banned from Facebook, VFF’s largest social media following is now on Telegram, where it has a respectable 33,000 subscribers. But unlike Facebook, Telegram is not driven by algorithms - it is very difficult for users to be subconsciously nudged towards a group like VFF.
This is a major barrier to recruitment and likely explains why the group, despite claiming to have a principled objection to Facebook, has tried and failed to sign up again."
This may explain it...
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/1302420...ng-protest
"Broadly speaking, Voices for Freedom is having an identity crisis.
A group that harnessed energy by opposing public health measures during a pandemic has an obvious problem: What public health measures? Right now, VFF and the Government essentially have the same position on the pandemic.
To sustain its own existence, VFF has been forced to cast a wider net in an effort to re-energise its user base.
It tried with a campaign to get its supporters to run in local body elections, which was, for the most part, a failure. Early last month, it attempted to relive its glory days with a large pamphlet drop about face masks, only for mask mandates to be dropped days later.
This lagging energy is reflected in its engagement numbers. In recent months, viewership of VFF’s video content has fallen off a cliff.
Since being banned from Facebook, VFF’s largest social media following is now on Telegram, where it has a respectable 33,000 subscribers. But unlike Facebook, Telegram is not driven by algorithms - it is very difficult for users to be subconsciously nudged towards a group like VFF.
This is a major barrier to recruitment and likely explains why the group, despite claiming to have a principled objection to Facebook, has tried and failed to sign up again."
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)