What’s the fuss about PRGuy17 on Twitter? | davidestcourt
It is a lightning rod of political controversy, commanding an audience of almost 83,000 followers on Twitter with a steady stream of messages supporting the Andrews government.character Troy McClure as its avatar, the anonymous Twitter account @PRGuy17 has risen to prominence as one of Victoria’s loudest local voices in a hyper-partisan online world.
“A lot of people were online, looking for somewhere to vent, and the tenor, and the tone of PRGuy weaponised that outrage for clout.” Graham says @PRGuy17 and its followers often attempt to seed ideas and political opinions into particular communities, such as sympathetic politicians or media, then try to get those communities to influence people higher up the media ecosystem.
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