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So this has become the norm now. Social media products who’s primary utility is to share information between people are now being used by governments to sow di
by theirkf 7y ago
So this has become the norm now. Social media products who’s primary utility is to share information between people are now being used by governments to sow discord.
- Shinobi881 7y agoNothing new except the medium.
- imnotlost 7y agoThe speed and reach makes it different. You wouldn't say that flying is like walking faster - it's fundamentally different.
- novok 7y agoYour basically complaining that paper can be used to write whatever you want on it, by you and by people you don't like.
- ssully 7y agoNot even close to an accurate comparison. It's not just paper - it's a printing press that can push your message directly to a device into the pocket of people who belong to specific groups that you want to target.
- i_cant_speel 7y agoHow is that different from spreading false information through newspapers when that was the primary source of people's information?
- laughinghan 7y agoIt's like the difference between the bow-and-arrow and handguns. Lower barrier to entry, greater potential for harm.
- colechristensen 7y agoThey're just yet another business selling user's attention. That's not new. The utility was never users sharing with each other, it was always users providing minable information. All of that information sharing just makes the sold attention more valuable to the buyers.
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