Keep coming back to this story. Now that he's fired someone for telling him the truth, maybe it should work like this: Engineers: "Well Elon, we have a *new* ranking system, and only the most discerning people can see likes from the lurkers. You can tell it's a marvel because they're invisible! The Emperor's New Code!" "They're awfully quiet in public though..." "They're the lurkers sir. They support your invisible ranking!" https://www.platformer.news/p/elon-musk-fires-a-top-twitter-engineer