Building some excitement may well increase the impact of any release, as does releasing it in installments. It may also lead to people coming clean in anticipation of being exposed, even if it ultimately doesn’t happen.
Note how even Wikileaks partnered with traditional media, used teasers and split up large stories to maximize their impact.
1) So that there can be co-ordinated coverage of it in the media / social media, and it doesn't just become a thing that's "in the public domain" but isn't news;
2) Because it's FUD. Confidently declaring that things are going to happen on certain dates is a really powerful thing (cf. millenarianism)
This reads like any other conspiracy theory nonsense.
If you have something worth sharing, share it. Please don't pollute public discourse with grand announcements of how your future leak will change the world by exposing the evil cabal of crypto influencers
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[ 411 ms ] story [ 2264 ms ] threadNote how even Wikileaks partnered with traditional media, used teasers and split up large stories to maximize their impact.
1) So that there can be co-ordinated coverage of it in the media / social media, and it doesn't just become a thing that's "in the public domain" but isn't news;
2) Because it's FUD. Confidently declaring that things are going to happen on certain dates is a really powerful thing (cf. millenarianism)
I don't know which it is in this case.
If you have something worth sharing, share it. Please don't pollute public discourse with grand announcements of how your future leak will change the world by exposing the evil cabal of crypto influencers
not sure why its so high up on HN