{"id":2366468,"date":"2024-11-09T10:28:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-09T15:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-media-personalities-panic-as-subscribers-flee-in-droves-following-election-it-terrifies-me\/"},"modified":"2024-11-09T10:31:03","modified_gmt":"2024-11-09T15:31:03","slug":"leftist-media-personalities-panic-as-subscribers-flee-in-droves-following-election-it-terrifies-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-media-personalities-panic-as-subscribers-flee-in-droves-following-election-it-terrifies-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Leftist Media Personalities Panic as Subscribers Flee in Droves Following Election: &#8216;It Terrifies Me&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fleftist-media-personalities-panic-as-subscribers-flee-in-droves-following-election-it-terrifies-me%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2366468&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>It seems like you&#8217;re describing a situation where several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-commentators-erupt-at-tom-brady-for-not-wearing-mask-before-and-after-super-bowl-win\/\" title=\"Leftist Commentators Erupt At Tom Brady For Not Wearing Mask Before And After Super Bowl Win\">left-leaning political commentators<\/a>\u200d and influencers, particularly David Pakman and Alex Cole, are witnessing \u200dsignificant\u200d drops in their follower counts on \u2062platforms like YouTube and X (formerly Twitter) following the 2024 election\u2014where Donald Trump won more decisively than they had anticipated. <\/p>\n<p>Pakman \u200bexpressed concern about an &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">algorithmic de-subscription spiral<\/a>,&#8221; noting that many of\u2062 his followers might be\u200c tuning out from\u200c politics,\u200d especially after \u2062he and \u2063others promoted the idea that candidates like Kamala Harris would perform well in the election. His observation highlights a division in the response from left-leaning commentators compared to their right-leaning counterparts, suggesting\u200d that when the right loses, they tend to regroup and invest in building their platforms and organizations, while \u200cthe left may \u200dreact by disengaging.<\/p>\n<p>The decline in\u200b subscribers appears influential in shaping how algorithms on platforms manage recommendations for content creators, increasing the \u2063exposure of commentators and influencers on the right while limiting that of those on the left when subscriber \u200ccount drops significantly. Pakman and Cole&#8217;s experiences indicate a\u200c deeper problem\u2014the \u200dloss of\u200b trust among\u200b followers who\u200c likely expected a different outcome based on the narrative \u2063pushed by these influencers during the campaign. <\/p>\n<p>This significant discontent among their audience may stem from feeling let down by predictions and analyses that seemingly underestimated the opposition or misread the political climate. The backlash and subscriber losses\u200c reflect a broader sentiment of disappointment within part of the progressive\u2062 base, who may feel betrayed by the commentary \u200dand their unrealistic optimism leading up to the election.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_5)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Apparently, the people who told you that Vice President Kamala Harris was going to be the first woman president and that all the polls were trending her way are losing subscribers now that everyone realizes they were very, very wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Take David Pakman, a lefty former talk radio host who&rsquo;s switched over to being a full-time YouTube personage. He might be rethinking that decision in the wake of Donald Trump&rsquo;s victory Tuesday, which was much more resounding than he would have predicted.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, he says that his numbers on the platform are now in an &ldquo;algorithmic de-subscription spiral.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Just in case you weren&rsquo;t paying attention to Pakman&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/joe-rogan-makes-big-move-viewers-cant-find-trump-interview-censorship-allegations-hit-youtube\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> account, his posts on X sum up quite nicely what he was pumping the faithful full of during the home stretch of the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kamala has two stadiums filled tonight at the same time, Chicago and Milwaukee, LOL. Trump&rsquo;s shriveled crowds must be causing him size anxiety.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Pakman (@dpakman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dpakman\/status\/1826064859160784915?\">August 21, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The two major polls taken after the debate both have Kamala +5 over Scrump. Yikes.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Pakman (@dpakman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dpakman\/status\/1834300778527314219?\">September 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Well, apparently that didn&rsquo;t work out swimmingly for him &mdash; or for those who put their trust in Pakman<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When I woke up this morning, we had lost 5,000 subscribers compared to where we were last night,&rdquo; Pakman said, in a clip titled &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=s6D0ngvVEwU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I&rsquo;m TERRIFIED: Is the left about to ABANDON politics<\/a>?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Now, the first thing I thought was, is this a glitch? We&rsquo;ve been on YouTube for 15 years, or something like that, and subscribers always just go up. They just never go down.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The problem, he said, is that lefties might not put their trust in the same people who pumped Kamala up for months &mdash; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/george-clooney-calls-biden-drop-race-just-weeks-hosting-glitzy-fundraiser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden for years<\/a> &mdash; like he says the right does when it loses elections.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It terrifies me because our instinct is the opposite of what the right does,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;And we will get crushed if this is the way we respond to a defeat. The right wants us not to exist. The right wants to decimate independent progressive media.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Understand that when the right loses, they get organized, they fund and they create insanely effective organizations like Turning Point USA, investing in the Daily Wire and building out this huge network of right wing idea ideas and influencers,&rdquo; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are in an algorithmic de-subscription spiral right now, because when people start unsubscribing on YouTube, YouTube thinks oh, we probably shouldn&rsquo;t recommend this content.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEW: Dem influencers are seeing record numbers of subscription cancelations along with a mass exodus of followers causing an &ldquo;algorithmic de subscription spiral.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The development comes after many of these influencers gaslit their followers into thinking Harris would win.<\/p>\n<p>David&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cypVFxsppX\">pic.twitter.com\/cypVFxsppX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1854926833092891095?\">November 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And the number of unsubscribes, by the way, keeps growing, according to Pakman:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">As we speak, progressives are tuning out due to understandable despondency over last night&rsquo;s results. I won&rsquo;t speak about others, but I&rsquo;ve lost 10,000 YouTube subscribers overnight. When the right loses, they fund operations like Turning Point, invest in media, etc. If we abandon&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Pakman (@dpakman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dpakman\/status\/1854229540727578809?\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s not just him, either. Another data point in this follower spiral is Alex Cole, one of the lefty <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a> personalities who, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/liberal-tiktokers-exposed-really-twitter-drops-massive-note-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harry Sisson and Chris Mowrey<\/a>, did everything in their power to intellectually debase virtually every issue of the campaign on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Cole before the election:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Say what you want about Kamala, but she fills her rallies.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lJwNIu3EOl\">pic.twitter.com\/lJwNIu3EOl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/acnewsitics\/status\/1853521389338435630?\">November 4, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I trust that when the majority of Americans are alone in the voting booth, they are not going to vote for a convicted felon. We are better than that. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HWZRBaGHwK\">pic.twitter.com\/HWZRBaGHwK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/acnewsitics\/status\/1853443535548088691?\">November 4, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>During it:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">From these exit polls, the Selzer poll is looking pretty accurate among women.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/acnewsitics\/status\/1853933998487064598?\">November 5, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Gonna be a long night.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/acnewsitics\/status\/1853969642995220796?\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Trump is winning in all the states where marrying your sister is okay.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/acnewsitics\/status\/1853984355854467255?\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It&rsquo;s just misogyny.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/acnewsitics\/status\/1854018823264837726?\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Afterward:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I lost over 8,000 followers in the last 24 hours. What&rsquo;s happening?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/acnewsitics\/status\/1854320802247684553?\">November 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>My assumption is that it&rsquo;s just just that leftists are tuning out from politics now; any glimpse on any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> will tell you that&rsquo;s clearly not the case. (I wish that it were, but alas.) If anything, pundits and outlets that don&rsquo;t favor the party currently in power tend to do better, if just because the faithful tune in for comfort and to hear about all of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wow-aoc-terrified-trumps-victory-pushes-insane-theory-next-term-will-look-like\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">evilness being perpetrated<\/a> by the other side.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, if I were to venture a guess, what&rsquo;s happening is that the left is tuning out all the people who said that Kamala was a lock to win, Kamala was amazing, Kamala was &ldquo;brat,&rdquo; only for everyone to find out she was an empty husk of a candidate &mdash; and a dislikable empty husk at that &mdash; who might have only been able to win if the GOP ran George Santos.<\/p>\n<p>These were a cadre of people who were too busy getting high <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/beautiful-joy-reid-melts-msnbc-becomes-clear-trump-will-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on their own copium supply<\/a>. 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For instance, David Pakman, a progressive ex-talk radio host turned full-time YouTuber, may be reconsidering his career choice following Donald Trump&#8217;s unexpected victory. He reported being caught in an &#8220;algorithmic de-subscription spiral,&#8221; indicating a significant drop in his follower count after the election results. Pakman expressed concern that left-leaning individuals might lose faith in those who had previously supported Harris and Biden, unlike their right-wing counterparts who regroup and strengthen their media presence after losses. He noted losing 5,000 subscribers overnight and emphasized the need for progressives to remain organized rather than retreating from politics. 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