I have watched some Twitter feeds grow to have these huge followings and it is really fascinating to watch as the content becomes more like PR for a human brand, with specific humor "bits" and ever-safer "takes"
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When I have to interact with these Twitter kingpins in real life -- which is rarely, thank goodness -- I make sure we never talk social media and I daydream whenever they touch their phones to check mentions or "do a content blast" to "flood the zone"
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Meanwhile, there are these brilliant accounts that deserve all the follows, like @whatshapeiscat, and they don't have them, not yet
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I will never stop being puzzled when some influencer bro decides to get a quick 20k likes with a Matt McGorry-esque "your bodies aren't our business" tweet bc just like when I used to tell my mom I loved her all the time, you only broadcast that ish if deep down you're uncertain
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Yet those tweets are the bread and butter of a certain kind of parasite that makes social justice look like a scam, makes the left look like a bunch of grifters, and makes you long for the horrific candor of a terrible real world-smashing business like Amazon or Wal-Mart
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It's saddest of all when a leftist strikes it big, a fellow traveler as it were, and suddenly they're making rimshot Avengers jokes and softening all their heretofore interesting positions because they're clearly just selling the f out...and not even for much money!
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If you're going to sell out, go get yourself six figures to design or manage things for some amoral company, not for $400 worth of patreon fundraising on Twitter plus a special tier for naughty (???) or personalized (???) content
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This is the best endorsement I could ever ask for
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Aurora and Scarlett are so good (sponsored tweet by Meow Mix)
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