When I learned to be a speaker, I would give a studies to a group of people who had been in the church of God for decades. They were very knowledgeable and it was kind of silly for me to be teaching them. I did everything I could to try and get the group to discuss during Bible study time rather than just listening to me. We had microphones to pass around and it was totally set up for them to contribute, but they would never ever say a peep. They just sat there stoic. You couldn’t even tell if what you were saying was being received well or not.

Until I said something wrong. Then the hands would pop up and everybody would start talking.

So, I started purposely saying things wrong to get them talking.

Now I’m looking at my Twitter feed and seeing wrong reporting and ridiculous conspiracies getting incredible engagement. It appears that I’m not the only one who has figured this out.

Downside in the next comment.