social media formula:
dumb/dumb phrased post
+
mostly fake outrage
+ outrage with identity attached (being African, considering oneself African)
framing this (dumb post) as a threat or attack or slight to collective identity of being African, framing the response posts as defending their identity
+desire for engagement and validation of others (through retweets and likes or follows or whatver)
= this nonsense
yeah I read a whole book about this so I could do this on here from memory.
you can insert any identity or any dumb post, and get the same result. man, woman, racist, non racist, gay, straight, rich, poor, blue collar, white collar, rapper, lawyer, escort, sugar baby, podcaster, it really doesn't matter.