It’s definitely not a joke; it’s deliberate propaganda, and Zvi fell for it. This is part of the reason you shouldn’t use Twitter instead of trying to somehow curate it against its intended design.
this seems plausible, but overconfident. the other explanation I come up with is that she simply took a screenshot herself; since it could be faked, it’s possible, but I would bet against it on this one if there were any way to resolve it.
It’s definitely not a joke; it’s deliberate propaganda, and Zvi fell for it. This is part of the reason you shouldn’t use Twitter instead of trying to somehow curate it against its intended design.
I expect that it started as satire. Then someone just quoted it and it spread with people taking it seriously.
this seems plausible, but overconfident. the other explanation I come up with is that she simply took a screenshot herself; since it could be faked, it’s possible, but I would bet against it on this one if there were any way to resolve it.