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Talk about the Streisand Effect... [0] There were less than 10 people following or presumably reading Gerber's tweets. Now 10 million+ people will read them.
by johnnyApplePRNG 5y ago
Talk about the Streisand Effect... [0]
There were less than 10 people following or presumably reading Gerber's tweets.
Now 10 million+ people will read them.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect
- pphysch 5y agoThere are literally millions of Twitter accounts posting puerile sinophobic memes/spam on Twitter on a daily basis. It's a billion-dollar industry; the USG just earmarked $1.5B specifically for anti-China propaganda [1]. Not that Gerber was getting paid for it--he's a small fish. [1] - https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7937/text?r=5&s=1 https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7937...
- oytis 5y agoOliver Gerber is not a real name, it would be not trivial to find his twitter account. Not quite impossible too, but still too much hassle for most people (myself included).