Vivek Ramaswamy just inadvertently revealed that his once-promising presidential campaign has devolved into a bid for social-media fame.

On Friday, he called for a social-media-only Republican debate, which only makes sense if that’s the only audience he still cares about.

Sure, he claimed it would be a way to increase viewership — but you don’t get a larger audience by making something harder to watch.

His idea would shrink the audience — while increasing the proportion of views addicted to clickbait.

That he suggests Tucker Carlson to host only doubles down on that gambit: Like Ramaswamy, Carlson used to raise important topics that much of the media didn’t want to touch — but these days he’s largely dedicated to pushing buttons hard for a select audience.

That’s the main road to social-media success, after all.  

And the direction of Ramaswamy’s campaign, as he increasingly relies on conspiracy theories and his most “unique” ideas for his appeal.

It also has him fading in the overall polling, as Republican voters winnow the field to the most serious candidates — and turn their thumbs down on his antics.

The answer is not an online-only debate, Vivek. It’s about getting serious about what the country needs and why you’re the candidate to do it. Stop trying to limit the audience and instead broaden it, recapturing some of the excitement that got you on the debate stage in the first place.