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What’s so frustrating about this is that Status Labs will never be called out for this. And even if they do, they’d probably use their platform of fake news out
by save_ferris 7y ago
What’s so frustrating about this is that Status Labs will never be called out for this. And even if they do, they’d probably use their platform of fake news outlets to drown out criticism, because this is exactly what they do for a living.
Our ability to inform the public online is fundamentally broken, and here are these guys making a killing by literally lying to the world.
- nathancahill 7y agoA guy was pitching me his SEO services as being the best in the business. He offered me his business card but I said, don't worry, when I need an SEO guy I'll search google for one and you should be the first result!
- alex_stoddard 7y agohttps://www.xkcd.com/125/ https://www.xkcd.com/125/
- smexy 7y agoThere's a relevant xkcd for everything!
- jeffdavis 7y ago"Our ability to inform the public online is fundamentally broken" Is it worse than before or was it always broken?
- lordnacho 7y agoIt can be both, but in the old world you couldn't just conjure up a whole newspaper with flattering content. The fact that costs have changed is significant in a qualitative way.
- chrisdhoover 7y agoRemember the Maine!
- bostik 7y agoAirdropping news fliers for propaganda purposes was a thing, once. These days it's carpet bombing black propaganda via all means online. If you control printed and/or TV news too, all the better.