It should be obvious based on (heavy sigh) game theory why "Just ignore him" exhortations are pointless and impossiblehttps://twitter.com/apocalypticanow/status/826996290760368128 …
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Replying to @arthur_affect
It's a collective action problem. All you need is one outlet to give the asshole coverage and start beating the others in traffic
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Unless you have very robust and powerful backchannels how do you get the word out to ignore somebody without violating your own rule
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Replying to @arthur_affect
I really think it's always been the wrong advice. Draw TONS of attention to bad people. Make it unambiguously negative, harmful attention
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Replying to @arthur_affect
There was never going to be a successful news blackout of Donald Trump. The problem was always not taking him seriously
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HuffPo shouldn't have moved Trump news to entertainment, it should've been the opposite: "Our mission now is stopping this man at all costs"
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Replying to @arthur_affect
Look at their own tactics, which they use bc they work. Do they talk abt putting their enemies on blackout and ignoring them
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No, they put ppl they hate on blast, face, name and personal details everywhere
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Replying to @arthur_affect
but so many people don't want to hear that cuz it means picking a side and having to fight to defend it.
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