He has to keep acting out to maintain the image of coolness to his followers and he appears to be hooked on the likes. It's a cycle that escalates which is why he's gone off the deep end at this point imo.
Agreed - Twitter self-validation loop. Seems like a lot of older guys are getting caught up in it right now - maybe older brains are more susceptible?
a lot of this depends on the definition that we have of "follower" and "cool" but I don't disagree.
Competitors? Journalists?
I didn't mean Twitter follower; when GP said "followers" I took it to mean as in follower<>leader relationship.
In my experience, people who worship money, and the bitch goddess 'Success'.