Cordwainer Fish
Imp. Int. Scout Svc. (Dishon. Ret.)
OAR12: F.A. -Perhaps they’ll find a new market though, and do well with OAR11: Empire of the Petal Throne?
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Sorry. I don't know what came over me.
OAR12: F.A. -Perhaps they’ll find a new market though, and do well with OAR11: Empire of the Petal Throne?
I don't think you can automatically say that every follow is because someone agrees with a page. People follow pages when loved ones go down rabbit holes, trying to figure out what's going on with them. They follow pages when they're trying to see both sides of an argument -- "what is this person actually saying, compared to what I'm hearing about them?"
Is it true most of the time that people follow pages they agree with? Absolutely.
But I don't think -- and I say this as someone who is absolutely not a Candace Owens fan -- that you can automatically equate following with agreement without more datapoints.
If one of the Troll Lords was hitting like one everything Owens posted, that would be conclusive. But I don't think following gets us there yet.
And thus crazy prospers and spreads.I know a lot of people that follow controversial people (I do it myself, especially for so-called "important" people that have an effect on my life). It's not that we like them. We want to see what crazy thing they're going to say or do next.