I recently explained why X’s ad revenue program fosters clickbait commentary from large accounts of all ideologies:
You know who they are – they’re usually the people everyone unfollows when endless drama breaks out:
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Crisis comes
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Supposed free-thinkers follow media narratives
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Doom is declared
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“It’s over” and “everything has been a waste” is the message of the day
They usually don’t have much to say when things are going well, but cash in when an opportunity to attract the chronically pessimistic to their stream of consciousness. We had an excellent catalyst for this behavior happen this week, after Iowa Democrat Catelin Drey defeated Republican Christopher Prosch in a special election for Iowa’s 1st State Senate District, centered around Sioux City in northwest Iowa. The seat was vacated after the incumbent Republican died in June…