• radau@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 days ago

    So many people don’t even question it. Talk loud and confidently enough and that’s the bar for most unfortunately.

    TikTok, Instagram and similar are great examples of this, initially you think wow cool I’m seeing all of these new things and getting so much info. Then you see someone come up on a topic you know something about and the facade breaks when all they do is spew misinformation that attracts a crowd (usually via fear).

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      2 days ago

      And then the hordes of sycophant DinkDonkers repeat their detritus over every comment thread they can