An update to this post from earlier today. AltNPS grabbed this screenshot from an Instagram account called "A Mouthful of Cherries," and frankly I'm surprised they didn't crop out the account's name.
But both accounts leave out important details, and as small as it seems, it still matters🧵:
I guess it's nice to see my fellow Minnesotans nominated, but AltNPS's post is, as always, missing a lot of context.
They don't mention who nominated Minneapolis (it was progressive outlet The Nation), or whether it's even possible for an entire city to receive the prize.
First, A Mouthful of Cherries seems like the exact same kind of engagement farmer as AltNPS. Post after post of "like and share if you agree" type stuff.
AltNPS took a post by another engagement farmer and used it to farm engagement. Farming the farmers. FarmersOnly, you could say.
Feb 4, 2026 23:24But the real story is in the numbers. Here on Bluesky, AltNPS's post is sitting at 11k likes. With their 889k total followers, that's 1.2%.
On Facebook, this post has *180,000* likes. That's *4%* of their 4.5 million followers.
Bluesky is a sideshow to AltNPS. Facebook is where the money is.
Finally, Cherries omits the same detail that AltNPS does: anyone can nominate anyone!
By saying that Minneapolis has been "OFFICIALLY" nominated, they're making it seem much more official than it is. It sounds a lot less impressive when it's just "a website did it."
Okay, I'll cop to being overly simplistic. There ARE rules to nominations, although it's still not clear if The Nation can nominate.
Either way, it's not like AltNPS (or Cherries) mentioned that!
Unless it changed, not everyone has nomination rights to the NPP. Last time I checked it was elected reps, past winners, heads of political science departments and some other grandees. Not sure if the Nation can nominate.
