Friday, January 23, 2015

Are Arabs talking less about politics on social media? What Saudi propaganda wants you to believe

"“Four years after the so-called Arab Spring started there is… political fatigue amongst the region’s social media users who have to a large degree moved on,” said Al-Qassemi, himself an influential figure on social media, with over 318,000 followers on Twitter.

“I have personally been posting more about Arab art, culture and entrepreneurship on my social media feeds due to being jaded by the political setbacks over the past few years.”"  Oh, no, Sultan. You obviously have chosen to not talk about politics for whatever (obvious) reasons but many other Arabs are talking about politics more than ever.  Just look around.