Exponential Decay Curve

It is so interesting to tweet on the NSA/Snowden affair and disagree with Glenn Greenwald’s ideological positions even a little bit. If he picks it up and retweets it, there’s immediately this massive flying squirrel onslaught tweet attack by hundreds of his followers. Very few of whom have original thought but lots of curse words, ad hominem attacks, and spelling and grammar mistakes. Attack tweet volume follows perfect exponential decay curve, unless Glenn fires them up again, then starts over.

This does not happen for any public Twitter figure or any other topic that I have seen. It is specific to Glenn and his cult following. But it kept nagging at me, I’ve seen this before, and then I figured it out. Rush Limbaugh and his dittoheads! The inescapable conclusion is clear: Glenn Greenwald is Rush Limbaugh for our time. Strap in, it’s going to be quite a ride.

8/Followup: I am reliably informed by Twitter commenters that the same thing happens with Sarah Palin and Justin Bieber.

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Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) March 03, 2014

@pmarca Now I picture Sarah Palin, Justin Bieber, Glenn Greenwald, and Rush Limbaugh in a band called "Perfect Exponential Decay Curve"

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Carlos Cardona (@cgcardona) March 03, 2014

9/Followup: I am also reliably informed that the same thing happens with Michelle Malkin and Beyonce. Hmmm. Some kind of pattern here!

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Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) March 03, 2014

10/Followup: I am further reliably informed that Palin, Bieber, Malkin, Beyonce, and Greenwald sounds like a barely reputable law firm.

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Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) March 03, 2014

Source: Tweets – 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10