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by wutbrodo 1984 days ago
> With social media, I am in a sense subscribed to the stupidest, or most outrageous posts of tens or millions of people. Stupidity sells. Outrage sells.

I don't follow. Do you pick your following list at random from all existing Twitter ids? I follow maybe twenty people, with a very high bar for intellectual honesty, and I have no exposure to "the stupidest or most outrageous posts" on the network.