An observation I wanted to bring up is how there can be a a digital counterpublic within a digital counterpublic. In this case, there is a digital counterpublic in the form of Black Twitter, but within Black Twitter there is also the digital counterpublic of Black trans women, viewed through the hashtag #girlslikeus. I think the examination of all digital counterpublics within a major digital counterpublic (i.e. Black Twitter, but also liberal vs. conservative Twitter, etc.) could be a valuable lense with which to view causes in this day and age.
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Yes, I’ve wondered about the term counterpublic, since “counter” makes it sound like there is a binary opposition between two things. Perhaps “alternative public” would be better, since then we’d be able to account for different types of marginal(ized) digital publics, such as Black Twitter, #GirlsLikeUs, but also Reddit, 4chan, or other right-wing movements.