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DiapDealer · 08-16-2017, 08:40 AM

It is my understanding that this particular book is selling well. So why opt-in to all the irrelevant noise? All it accomplishes is drawing attention to people who want more attention for their "cause."

Twitter "Mobs" only only become such (a mob) because people choose to follow lots of mobsters on Twitter (either because they agree with them, or because they're hoping to see a fight, or both). Turning them off is the best response for those who wish to counter them. Their success (if they ever truly succeed) is directly proportional to their audience size. Drawing more attention to that sort of fringe, tempest-in-in-a-teapot nonsense is counter-productive in my opinion.

So let 'em preach to their choirs. Their kind of choirs typically accomplish the opposite of what they intend anyway. Buzz is buzz--and buzz sells. *shrug*

08-16-2017, 08:40 AM	#118
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,707 Karma: 205039118 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	It is my understanding that this particular book is selling well. So why opt-in to all the irrelevant noise? All it accomplishes is drawing attention to people who want more attention for their "cause." Twitter "Mobs" only only become such (a mob) because people choose to follow lots of mobsters on Twitter (either because they agree with them, or because they're hoping to see a fight, or both). Turning them off is the best response for those who wish to counter them. Their success (if they ever truly succeed) is directly proportional to their audience size. Drawing more attention to that sort of fringe, tempest-in-in-a-teapot nonsense is counter-productive in my opinion. So let 'em preach to their choirs. Their kind of choirs typically accomplish the opposite of what they intend anyway. Buzz is buzz--and buzz sells. shrug Last edited by DiapDealer; 08-16-2017 at 08:42 AM.