re: Big Tech: It's not about banning conservative voices, its about cutting off organic reach

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They know that organic reach is what elected Trump in 2016, and how the memes and such had a big impact.

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This isn't really related to the banning of conservative voices, but you've hit on something big. Their goal isn't just to cut out organic reach for political reasons. It's also to make them money.

As a small business on Instagram, the last two years it becomes increasingly more difficult to get organic reach with consumers and grow a following. It's all an attempt to encourage people to spend money promoting posts. That's their prerogative as a business. However, it just shows you how easy they can manipulate the entire platform to accomplish a goal whether it be making more money or silencing opposition.