Oddbean new post about login | logout @66087130 @a176021c I suspect there's quite a lot of engagement to be gained through the practice of 'dunking on Musk' and so when he says horrible things that paradoxically also creates incentives for his enemies to stay on twitter.
@66087130 @a176021c and it becomes a content-mill for neutral journalists who just want things to report on. https://media.mastodon.nu/media_attachments/files/111/164/868/975/833/428/original/46f4b2b550ec94cc.png
@b870d4c8 @66087130 @a176021c and Musk is the perfect example of bad publicity is still publicity. Though I wonder when the actual threshold is until X implodes. Why should it implode? Because when enough people that used to engage in conversations (and maybe formed the counter part) leave, it will be utterly boring and meaningless. Basically trolls need somebody to troll.
