A Sinister Theory On Herschel Walker's Fake Police Badge Scandal

It was almost certainly a cleverly planned scam and Democrats need to wise up to it before it is too late.

by Bob Cesca

WASHINGTON, DC – Not too long ago, a computer security expert noticed that typos in social media posts might actually be a good thing. Specifically, this person found that posts with misspellings tend to get many more comments from readers who invariably jump in to point out the spelling mistake. The flood of corrections signals to the platform’s algorithm, whether it’s Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, or whatever, that the post is getting a lot of engagement, thus improving the reach – the visibility – of the post as well as the account itself.

I don’t have specific proof, but I wonder if people like Marjorie Taylor-Greene and Donald Trump, before he was banned from Twitter and other social media for being a danger to society, deliberately allowed misspellings to sneak into their tweets solely to augment their engagement and reach.

“Now, Walker can hand out plastic badges and play make-believe with various good-ol’-boy police officers” - Bob Cesca

Deliberate typos are a win-win for people like that. Misspellings signal to “the folks” that Republican leadership is composed of regular doofuses just like them, and, more importantly, it boosts their reach on social media. Trump, in particular, only cares that people are paying attention to him – any publicity is good publicity – so he’s willing to do just about anything to get there.