I think a lot of the big accounts are astroturfed, with fake subs - including many of the paid subs too (not all but a significant number). It’s a public payoff.
As Librarian of Celaeno put it, they have "tens of thousands of paid subscribers and tens of readers." Their engagement is not consistent with their alleged readership, especially when compared with much smaller accounts that have actual humans, rather than bots and sock accounts, as subscribers. E.g., compare Chris Bray's comment section to Robert Reich's, and then compare their respective checkmarks. It doesn't add up. It's most likely a combined money laundering and social engineering scheme organized by the same folks who have sponsored every current thing insanity for longer than any of us have been alive.
> To put it plainly: in 2026, ideas don’t have to be good to spread.
This has always been the case. If you think this is a novel situation you have just uncovered, you are too naïve and ignorant of human psychology to be taken seriously.
I think a lot of the big accounts are astroturfed, with fake subs - including many of the paid subs too (not all but a significant number). It’s a public payoff.
As Librarian of Celaeno put it, they have "tens of thousands of paid subscribers and tens of readers." Their engagement is not consistent with their alleged readership, especially when compared with much smaller accounts that have actual humans, rather than bots and sock accounts, as subscribers. E.g., compare Chris Bray's comment section to Robert Reich's, and then compare their respective checkmarks. It doesn't add up. It's most likely a combined money laundering and social engineering scheme organized by the same folks who have sponsored every current thing insanity for longer than any of us have been alive.
> To put it plainly: in 2026, ideas don’t have to be good to spread.
This has always been the case. If you think this is a novel situation you have just uncovered, you are too naïve and ignorant of human psychology to be taken seriously.