Olaf Scholz chides Elon Musk: ‘Don’t feed the troll’ – POLITICO
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  • ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Yeah. Don’t feed the troll and in the meantime millions are reading the troll’s bullshit anyways. I feel not giving a response can backfire easily, I hope German politicians do not underestimate the potential threat here.

    • leisesprecher@feddit.orgEnglish
      13·
      3 days ago

      By addressing him at all, he’ll get legitimacy.

      Yes, Musk has a large following, but it’s the terminally online conspiracy theorists anyway. Giving him a public platform could feed his lunacy to the general public.

      One thing to keep in mind here is that Twitter is not a relevant medium. Twitter has very few actual readers and gets its range from media that mindlessly quote everything from there.