Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

If something is popping in the news and 19 people around the table have sensible boring takes on it, the incentive is to publish the 1 guy who has a deranged inflammatory take. "Actually invading Ukraine is good," "Tolstoy is evil because invading Ukraine is bad." — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 31, 2022 Deleted after 12 days Hibernated

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Then if despite all that, 99 percent of published takes are sensible and 1 percent are deranged then the odds are the deranged take will end up getting disproportionately amplified — admittedly with much of the amplification being criticism — because it's more distinctive. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 31, 2022 Deleted after 26 seconds Hibernated

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Then even if 99 percent of published takes are sensible, the deranged takes will benefit from disproportionate amplification — much of that amplification being criticism — because it's more distinctive and more interesting. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 31, 2022 Deleted after 12 days Hibernated