A really interesting but disturbing read. I hadn’t realised that the rich are manipulated like the rest of us by other rich people. It’s also interesting that they chose Signal for a lot of these chats over WhatsApp.
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Agreed on all counts. It's also terrifying that they seem to think they're too smart to be fooled, as well.
WhatsApp is owned by Meta, and even other billionaires don’t like Zuckerberg
There's a pretty decent summary (written by a human being!) over at Boing Boing (make sure your adblocker's on before you go, though).
Can someone archive it?
I tried... it's readable, but looks a little funky on my machine: https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2025%2F04%2F28%2Fthe-influential-signal-chatrooms-where-tech-billionaires-and-their-courtiers-swung-far-right.html
The real benefit of this article is knowing who to go after