I read the reference to *performative* in @gargron 's comment in the context of #discourseanalysis (and in complete agreement, as I've also noticed this use of QT in structured practices in social platforms that intended to be incendiary). It seems a wish for performance, hopefully of a more benign kind, is also what drives the renewed interest in QT (in 2022). But benign or not, this is playing with fire. In that context, I think I can see gargron's point.