Thought: The con being pulled re: bot-inflated abuse-inflated "engagement" here is really by Twitter, Inc. toward their shareholders
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The whole "influencer" concept seems to have been created through sheer force of wishful thinking
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You can practically see the meeting. "How can we trick these rich idiots into investing more?"
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and in twitter's case in particular, the metric is actively hurting the service. Fake junk accounts and abuse? Gosh, how appealing to users
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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