$100 to charity if this turns out to be true; it seems extremely unlikely as a business decision, as a product decision, as an operational nightmare, as something regulators approved in all 50 states simultaneously, etc. But it seems likely to piss people off.https://twitter.com/asymco/status/1042417290396852224 …
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I worry that social media is constructing a reality of things which push emotional buttons because Engagement for the Engagment God; Cortisol for the Cortisol Throne but it is, essentially, causing widespread information pollution via virulent false memes.
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I am reminded of the Toxoplasma Of Rage, which implies the memeiest memes to meme a meme will be the ones which split the carrier base into two sides and maximally excite both against the other, and further that meme purveyors will learn and weaponize this.
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This seems like a good example, because there are multiple constituencies active on Twitter who are inclined to retweet out of love, out of hate, out of spite for those who hate, etc.
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