You've seen it all before. A malicious online rumor costs a company millions. A political …
Angle-hunters sometimes come up empty. In a perfect world, writers should be able to explore a story lead, find it leads nowhere, and abandon it. But that luxury is not available online.
— Trust Me, I'm Lying by Ryan Holiday (Page 138)
Here is the repeated idea that is really driving me up all the walls. He repeatedly says that this "luxury of time" is not available online and doesn't stop, at any point, to question it. It just is, and he accepts that as truth. At no point does he stop and consider any possible ways to which this shouldn't be and how that can be made real.
He just repeats that this is how it is! And so it's okay to manipulate the ecosystem in order to game it! Even if it's harmful for others and he finds it annoying (when he's not in control of it).