Googling "median number of Twitter followers" digs up a lot of interesting reading, Bee Tee Dub.
— Tamara K. (@TamSlick) May 8, 2023
It's a helluva rabbit hole.
It's not like it's any kind of popularity contest, but it doesn't keep people from treating it that way. It also means that people inclined toward crackpottery, with self-esteem issues and an aggrieved sense of entitlement, can work themselves into a quasi-public lather without a lot of people really noticing.
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