It doesn’t sound likely for me, either. There would be more effective approaches to shut down left wing Twitter posters, through selective enforcement of the rules - like this:
(I made this infographic a long time ago. Surprised how it’s relevant now.)
Some people on Lemmy and the old site suspect that he’s trying to tank it to shut down Left comms. I don’t. I think he’s simply inept.
It doesn’t sound likely for me, either. There would be more effective approaches to shut down left wing Twitter posters, through selective enforcement of the rules - like this:
(I made this infographic a long time ago. Surprised how it’s relevant now.)
Saving this comment for future ref lol
If you liked that infographic (about “from the top” meddling) I got another, dealing with “internal” circlejerk formation instead:
I believe that both processes can and do happen side-by-side, synergistically.
I’d be more inclined to think it was some kind of scam, kind of like insurance fraud.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon's_razor