> Independent of the media environment, the crowd autocorrelates and devolves into self-extinguishing mob rule. True, but that was before we networked billions

> Independent of the media environment, the crowd autocorrelates and devolves into self-extinguishing mob rule. True, but that was before we networked billions of people together with this thing called the Internet. > The issue is that autocorrelation. People aligning for the sake of alignment and then torching perceived opponents. That last part rapidly degrades into tests of ideological purity at which point we're back to mob rule. Modern social media, including Twitter, thrives at facilitating this process (alignment, amplification, zealotry). I agree, this is why privatization of Twitter is good. Less quarterly YoY growth MAU/DAU metrics, and more focus on improving society and moderation. Rage selling has gone too far, one of the negatives of rampant uncontrolled capitalism.