🔖 A Royal Instagram Mystery
(www.nytimes.com)
Was it coincidence that Instagram popularity appeared to align so unwaveringly with monarchical hierarchy? Or was there invisible mischief afoot?
A conspiracy was at play, conspiracy-minded corners of the Internet murmured.
Fascinating analysis of something that seems completely inconsequential, and yet almost certainly demonstrates some kind of large scale social media manipulation happening. I'm more interested in understanding what the true forces at work are and if this has further ramifications for propaganda and population influence.