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Does Sinn Fein have a social media problem?

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    #122
    Good loser
    Registered Users Posts: 3,169 ✭✭✭Good loser


    Fann Linn wrote: »
    Exactly, it's comedy central in this place. Wasn't too long ago the boyos in FG rolled out the red carpet to vice president of China, including Coveney, Noonan and others and welcomed them here and there were no concerns over human rights etc.

    The problems with the Uighers and the wiping out of democracy in Hong Kong became well known after the visit of Xi to Ireland.


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    #123
    Good loser
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    FrancieBrady wrote: »
    Folks, you are mistaking 'social media problems' with dislike of a political stance.

    If somebody picks out a single policy of Trump or Biden or any western leader, I for one, do not take it as a general endorsement, nor should others. Easy targets and venting with agendas and all that. ;)

    Consider also SF's endorsement of the criminal drug dealing Maduro regime in Venezuela.


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    #124
    Brendan Bendar
    Registered Users Posts: 19,054 ✭✭✭✭Brendan Bendar


    Good loser wrote: »
    Consider also SF's endorsement of the criminal drug dealing Maduro regime in Venezuela.

    Consider also their opposition to the Special Criminal Court.


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    #125
    James Brown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,015 ✭✭✭✭James Brown


    Good loser wrote: »
    The problems with the Uighers and the wiping out of democracy in Hong Kong became well known after the visit of Xi to Ireland.

    So the PRC had a grand reputation on human rights, right up until then?


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    #126
    Good loser
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    James Brown wrote: »
    So the PRC had a grand reputation on human rights, right up until then?

    The Uighers and Hong Kong were step changes downwards by Xi - and for the worse.

    Read at the time that Ireland was one of the few European countries he could visit without potentially noticeable protests.
    See where the recent coup in Myanmar has been described in China as a 'major cabinet reshuffle'!!!


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    #127
    StupidLikeAFox
    Registered Users Posts: 7,698 ✭✭✭StupidLikeAFox


    Mary lou posted this yesterday. Somehow a campaign targetting people committing welfare fraud is now similar to helping out your mates with vaccines, and its somehow Leos fault as well.

    If FG tried this stunt (tried to associate Mary Lou with some unrelated scandal she had no part in) they would feel the full force of the provisional online army

    https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10159472938701332&id=58340031331


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    #128
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    https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/sinn-fein-confirms-two-party-supporters-based-in-serbia-are-involved-in-managing-its-facebook-accounts-40251974.html

    Turns out that SF have two administrators for their social media accounts based in Serbia. I wonder what that’s all about? Are these Good Republicans Irish, is this a part time/unpaid role, and why didn’t they choose some of their thousands of extremely dedicated and vocal online supporters to take up the role instead? They also have over 200 employees so you’d imagine you could a few of them to do this work as part of their role.

    It’s a very unusual story, and I don’t think we’ve heard the last of it.


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    #129
    L1011
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 67,651 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1011


    The trawl of TDs accounts after the rather awful Sindo cartoon did not come out well for SF. Or the Soc Dems tbh.

    If you're going to make a thing of a witch reference being misogynistic, maybe make sure you never, ever made the same reference about another female party leader.

    That Serbia thing is clearly absolute nonsense of the highest order too. To have two random unnamed supporters in a distant country that are both somehow trusted enough to admin major accounts is utterly implausible.


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    #130
    blanch152
    Registered Users Posts: 27,192 ✭✭✭✭blanch152


    Deleted User wrote: »
    https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/sinn-fein-confirms-two-party-supporters-based-in-serbia-are-involved-in-managing-its-facebook-accounts-40251974.html

    Turns out that SF have two administrators for their social media accounts based in Serbia. I wonder what that’s all about? Are these Good Republicans Irish, is this a part time/unpaid role, and why didn’t they choose some of their thousands of extremely dedicated and vocal online supporters to take up the role instead? They also have over 200 employees so you’d imagine you could a few of them to do this work as part of their role.

    It’s a very unusual story, and I don’t think we’ve heard the last of it.

    Most likely it is a way to avoid SIPO rules in some way. I would guess it is more of a financial issue rather than a social media one.


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    #131
    Hoboo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭Hoboo


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/sinn-fein-confirms-two-party-supporters-based-in-serbia-are-involved-in-managing-its-facebook-accounts-40251974.html

    Turns out that SF have two administrators for their social media accounts based in Serbia. I wonder what that’s all about? Are these Good Republicans Irish, is this a part time/unpaid role, and why didn’t they choose some of their thousands of extremely dedicated and vocal online supporters to take up the role instead? They also have over 200 employees so you’d imagine you could a few of them to do this work as part of their role.

    It’s a very unusual story, and I don’t think we’ve heard the last of it.

    From the Indo, that's like quoting a negative story about FG from An Phoblacht.


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    #132
    Brendan Bendar
    Registered Users Posts: 19,054 ✭✭✭✭Brendan Bendar


    StupidLikeAFox wrote: »
    Mary lou posted this yesterday. Somehow a campaign targetting people committing welfare fraud is now similar to helping out your mates with vaccines, and its somehow Leos fault as well.

    If FG tried this stunt (tried to associate Mary Lou with some unrelated scandal she had no part in) they would feel the full force of the provisional online army

    https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10159472938701332&id=58340031331

    You see ‘Welfare Fraud’ is ok Fox... ‘Shure aren’t they one of our own’


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    #133
    StupidLikeAFox
    Registered Users Posts: 7,698 ✭✭✭StupidLikeAFox


    Hoboo wrote: »
    From the Indo, that's like quoting a negative story about FG from An Phoblacht.

    Nice attempt at deflection but was also reported in the examiner and SF have confirmed it to be true, so not sure what your point is


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    #134
    blanch152
    Registered Users Posts: 27,192 ✭✭✭✭blanch152


    https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/former-facebook-manager-based-in-dublin-and-serbia-runs-sinn-fein-social-media-here-and-us-40269972.html


    Seems like Sinn Fein are working hard and spending a lot of money on fixing their social media problems.


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