this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2023
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I suspect his "logic" is that most users only read & do not interact or post (IIRC the general rule for socials is 90/9/1), so in addition to whatever technical reason, he thinks this is a genius way to get more subscribers.
Fucking genius move, so glad he's fired everyone who would disagree.