I agree, and wonder (I've asked before): 1) Does this represent a marked, total deterioration in American mental health, across the board; 2) or is this an artefact of Twitter, in that crazy people fascinate sane ones (for many reasons) and thus go viral faster?https://twitter.com/thomaschattwill/status/1280983881345314817 …
People who aren't constrained by the truth or by scruples can create more engaging tweets than people who are. It's hard to say precisely, even in individual cases, how much of this unreasonableness is actual craziness.
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Are you subtweeting my man
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Crazy is hard to define, and especially hard to disambiguate from "a really unpleasant and obnoxious person who's got repulsive political opinions." Nonetheless, craziness is a real phenomenon, not just an epithet.
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Whatever "crazy" is, it is always found close to propaganda, conspiracy, lies, deceit, outrage, hate, disgust and phobias all of which are richly rewarded with $$$$$$ on social media.
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Whatever it is, it is extremely profitable to amplify the very worst, most dangerous, most lurid and sickening material. That's the main issue with Twitter and Social Media: truth is boring and doesn't sell. Lies, propaganda, porn and outrage are very profitable and sell.
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