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It's never them, it's always the "other" people that need to be "protected" from "toxic" content. Having said that, fake news and conspiracy theories have play
by zeroname 8y ago
It's never them, it's always the "other" people that need to be "protected" from "toxic" content.
Having said that, fake news and conspiracy theories have played a major role in setting the groundwork for the Holocaust, so there's a valid argument to be made there. I wouldn't want the people writing/reading Vox to make the call though.
- dgacmu 8y agoIt's easy to identify when others repost propaganda. It's hard to identify when we ourselves fall for it, because by definition, we were fooled. Just as most people believe they are above average drivers, most people probably believe they are above-average at filtering out internet propaganda. Even in a media-savvy forum like HN, I would be willing to bet that most of us, myself obviously included, have at least liked/up voted/whatever'd a modest number of maliciously spread memes/posts/etc.