New: We mapped one part of an online phenomenon, which is when people go from normal poster to radical influencer almost overnight. this is a story about attention. how it's acquired/directed/weaponized. and the incredible costs. https://t.co/dZBUF7fi7G
@cwarzel "incubated" is a great verb choice here
@cwarzel This: “But the rewards are trivial compared with the costs: The influencers amass followers, enhance their reputations, solicit occasional donations and sell a few T-shirts. The rest of us are left with democracy buckling under the weight of citizens living an alternate reality.”
@cwarzel But Charlie Sheryl said they had pretty much nothing to do with this idgi
@cwarzel “A journey through their feeds offers a glimpse of how Facebook rewards exaggerations and lies.” This is chilling.
