@tetrislife I wasn’t super clear there, the first case is first-hand experiences from people who just happened to be there and don’t have many followers. The second is people with many followers (authorities or shitposters with fans) that then pick up even more retweets from non-followers.
@tetrislife I don’t see many tags, but posts “go viral” from retweets/likes there more so than because people are searching for the term or tag.
I think it often follows a pattern of “real life thing happens and random person tweets about it” -> retweets that others see and continue to amplify, OR,
Person with some authority tweets about a thing -> retweets again amplify it and more people who didn’t follow them retweet it.
The network effect is much more localized here, in my opinion.