I think, systemically, he comes in contact with people who have some following of their own more often than average, so any extreme sentiment towards him gets e

I think, systemically, he comes in contact with people who have some following of their own more often than average, so any extreme sentiment towards him gets easily and exponentially amplified. At least that's what I think about why Twitter staff was ever so "important", because they are social media people by trade. Some people are heard more than others in the "uncritically repeating someone's sentiment" mode.