[spectralista]

I haven't used social media in over a decade and I change my mind all the time. Changing your mind is a good thing for a thinking being.

Social media figures aren't changing their mind in the same way, they are changing and optimizing their public performance.

Professional social media is a paid performance. We understand that Tom Cruise is not really a highly skilled jet fighter pilot but a well paid actor playing the role of one. No one cares what Tom Cruise thinks about Ukraine/Russia air defense tactics. This gets hidden in plain sight with social media though and why social media is hyper stupifying.

[micromacrofoot]

Right, it's not so much "changing minds" in that they probably aren't thinking about much very deeply... it's more like "changing to suit the popular narrative direction"