Thread by @gauravsabnis

For self-reference, these were engagement numbers when I posted this simple 5 word tweet yesterday.

I've posted the same one today. Let's see the numbers tomorrow.

This should be an interesting experiment.

How fascists respond to someone just saying they will lose an election.

https://twitter.com/gauravsabnis/status/1500932128305041423

Heh, just in 16 minutes, this crossed a thousand impressions and generated some anger from sanghis.

This is the state of political discourse in India.

Just saying the ruling party will lose an election is enough to outrage the ruling party.

Five hours in, exactly same banal tweet as yesterday. Lower engagement, no thread this time. But it's interesting to track this data.

Will do it again tomorrow. It's amazing how much such a simple banal statement upsets sanghis on Twitter.

Hahahaha, even more coverage. And 200+ new followers. I've gone from 23.5K to 24K by literally just posting these 5 simple words.

Cos sanghi cell outraged, gave it a wider audience, exposing my message to like minded people who followed me.

Ridiculously simple. 🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️

I didn't abuse anyone, post any lie, have some catchy hashtag, nothing. Just 5 simple words. And they got me 500 new followers in 48 hours.

And I'm not here being paid by followers or by engagement. I'm doing this for research.

And yet so so easy.

Don't take QT bait!

Also if I could get 500 new followers by just saying "BJP will lose Uttar Pradesh", hehe, maybe do it too. Just mute it obviously or your mentions will go crazy. 😂😂

Alright, off to teach. But children, I hope you learned the lesson from this simple real time experiment. That every time you see a tajindur shefvee Asthana type post something and hate QT is, you're helping them get paid. By giving them more coverage. And followers.