so many examples of this; I would argue that a similar dynamic (and not one that occurs completely online) arises when assumption of the 'public intellectual' role incentivizes (legitimately competent) academic specialists to opine (less competently) outside their primary area of expertise
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Lee Savage
Silver and Noah Smith are case studies for how Twitter enshittifies individuals. They were fairly interesting posters on their specialist subjects but they needed to expand engagement, so started posting on stuff they know little about, then get angry when they get called out on it
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Noticing pushback to those monetizing ppl around them (rewarded $ by numbers of Followers).
Spreading relationships/abilities too thin, now stung in the ass when Followers/colleagues realize they're just means to an end w/o real consideration & input.
Silver thought data analysis was a universal superpower.