There were always white supremacists, Nazis, etc. on Twitter. But they used to be mostly anonymous trolls w/ small followings. You'd see them when you hit 'see more replies.'

Now they often have blue checks, real followings, and get more engagement the more extreme their posts.

When I started reporting on the 4chan trolls spreading AI-generated Nazi memes on X, I expected to find no-name accounts hateposting into the void.

Instead I found blue checks w/ hundreds of thousands of followers racking up likes and shares... washingtonpost.com/technology/202…