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I think people worry too much about these "misinformation campaigns". I think the idea behind this worry is "most people would not disagree with me unless they
by ploxiln 7y ago
I think people worry too much about these "misinformation campaigns". I think the idea behind this worry is "most people would not disagree with me unless they were brainwashed - we can't let people I disagree with do that".
I'm more on the free speech side, of course. I'm definitely not a fan of the Chinese government. I like free speech, after all! But I don't really think these promoted misleading tweets are swaying the opinion of most north-americans or europeans. And I don't like this new world order where your message must align with modern liberal western ideas, in order for you to express it on a popular medium. This trend is honestly a bit scary. We're getting into orthodoxy here.
Don't freak out that some people are broadcasting a message you don't agree with on a popular medium, and maybe some other people out there will be influenced by it. Growing up as a geek/nerd, I got accustomed to nobody I was around really understanding and agreeing with me. It's not the end of the world. But orthodoxy is a bit scary.
- rhizome 7y agoThere is so much fallacious thinking here it would make me look like a pedantic doof to list them all. Suffice it to suggest that you consider accounting for the fact that there are real things actually happening outside of your mind.