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Part of me wants to
Maybe that is the “evolutionary” mechanism just not on purpose. Posts only for morons gain traction with morons who amplify them more than others would regardless of if that wasn’t your plan
Part of me wants to suspect that it’s akin to the persistence of the Nigerian Prince scam. It’s such a well known scam that its cultural shorthand for something only suckers fall for but therein lies its strength. If someone falls for it, you know they’re a good mark. A conniving Internet personality could craft their content to hook in only the most gullible. That doesn’t quite make sense here because Fong isn’t selling supplements or anything. Plus, this sort of lying is something you see random nobodies do too so they aren’t all playing five dimensional chess.The bigger question to me is why lie poorly and never improve at it? Brianna Wu's fake Gamergate confession e-mails are more believable than someone's mom calling Elliot to apologize for them sending death threats (that she found out about how?) that she helpfully explained was because her son was on an internet forum. Is the Kiwi Farms a bunch of dangerous troon killers, pathetic man babies or actual children? Irrelevant, they're whatever Elliot wants them to be at the moment and stopping to ask if there might be some skepticism he should apply to his impulsive decision making process is so impossible that he can't ever be good at lying.
Maybe that is the “evolutionary” mechanism just not on purpose. Posts only for morons gain traction with morons who amplify them more than others would regardless of if that wasn’t your plan