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Tucker Carlson drops first episode of bare-bones Twitter show (archive.is)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

Yes, a large chance.

1 - Hiding behind an "algorithm" allows social media sites to implement "heating". They do this to court brands and demographics. https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilybaker-white/2023/01/20/tiktoks-secret-heating-button-can-make-anyone-go-viral/

2 - Musk is sucking up to the right wing crowd, including radical conspirationists. https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/02/musk-gop-twitter-moves-00071758

Taken together, it makes psycopathic sense for him to "heat" conspiracy bullshit on Twitter to make them feel Twitter is an arena they can succeed on.