I'd hold the "visited decisive politics" hypothesis at a much higher probability over "celebrity parasocial loyalties" for down and up voting in this case.
That said, trying to guess at the motivations of the diverse crowd here is fraught at best.
> celebrity loyalty
You must have missed that meme https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/477/624/072...
It was in response to the insufferable worship happening in comment sections everywhere. I wonder how much he was paying for PR each month back then, and what agency he uses. At any rate, that there was a good meme.
Regardless, I've only noticed for my own account. Perhaps you own both accounts?
I completely miss all the memes as a rule, thanks for sharing.
I only have 1 account, though I probably should create a burner for certain topics... it seems that just 1 bad take here can destroy a career. Can't wait til this authoritarian phase is over, just want to share opinions again and it not matter that much.
Turning otherwise intelligent people against one another is an old and battle tested control and mitigation strategy but yeah, it feels bad. Turns out nothing inherently keeps us from just doing better.
May have to start a company though.