Google trend data indicates that “Rolling Thunder” and other associated searches did spike on the weekend, but only by about a tenth as much as the “Freedom Convoy” did at its peak.
“Rolling Thunder” drew less attention for myriad reasons, according to Merlyna Lim, the Canada research chair in digital media and global network society with the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University.
The “Rolling Thunder” event also lacked the same mass appeal as the February protests.
“Since the ‘Freedom Convoy’ is already out in public and under scrutiny, it’s become clearer to people that organized event,” she said.
Any attempt to replicate an event with the size and pull of the “Freedom Convoy” would be difficult now, Lim added.
“The ‘Freedom Convoy’ was a daily conversation,” Lim said, “but now people are like, ‘It’s the same thing.
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