The Guardian earlier today released an article about why #DominicCummings has at no point trended on Twitter during this ongoing saga. They smugly said that it was just down to porn filters (which is also, apparently, why you have to type his full name in the search bar and it’s not suggested to you).
I am not convinced this is the full story.
For example, it has been a while since I have seen “Boris Johnson” on trending, but during that time, I have seen #Johnston #SackBoris #SackDomAndBoris and #BorisHasFailedTheNation.
Equally, the search used to suggest various misspellings, which now are mostly gone- the current one seems to be #DominicCumins, which is new.
For a while, #CumGate was allowed to trend, but that quickly disappeared being briefly replaced by #CumGates, and again, you have to type them both in in full to see them now.
I wonder if there is some sort of abuse of the reporting system going on, and that’s how they are getting some of these hashtags suppressed?
The Guardian article would consider me a conspiracy theorist, and it’s also true I am not an expert on twitter, but I would genuinely love to hear opinions and theories on this!