Like sharing a political post you disagree with to make a point, but because you’re sharing it you’re increasing its awareness and popularity.
Curious if there’s a known term for it.
(Ex. Paradox of Tolerance. You can’t be completely tolerant of everything because then you’d be tolerant of intolerance. Thus, a paradox.)
There’s probably a German word for it. They have words for all sorts of specific concepts.
Maybe… “there is no such thing as bad publicity” ?
It is itself hyperbole and it’s by no means absolute, but yea plenty of times where bad publicity is still publicity.
I believe it’s called “Doing exactly what they intended it to make you do.”
“Feeding the trolls?”
I don’t have a word or short phrase for you, but I do have an upvote and engagement. Best I can compare what you describe to is this: Remember when you or one of your friends in grade school smelled a particularly smelly pair of shoes or a bad fart or whatever else, and the immediate reaction is to say to the rest of the group, “Whoa sniff this!”? It’s like that.
A good example of this is the stock portfolios that allow you to mimic Nancy Pelosi’s investments. By seconding every decision she makes it directly boosts every stock she buys.
I’d just call it misguided.
