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See also: "An ex-Google employee was behind an online campaign to make a coronavirus conspiracy video go viral" http://www.businessinsider.com/plandemic-googl

See also: "An ex-Google employee was behind an online campaign to make a coronavirus conspiracy video go viral" http://www.businessinsider.com/plandemic-google-employee-zach-vorhies-viral-campaign-judy-mikovits-2020-5 http://www.businessinsider.com/plandemic-google-employee-zac... Why was Plandemic produced in the first place? Was the creator trying to build a following of gullible people that he could sell stuff to later? Did he just want to make the world burn for the lulz? I can understand poor thinkers parroting misinformation propaganda, but not random people being creators.

bellyfullofbac 5y ago
Probably conviction that they've found the global conspiracy, with the psychology behind that conviction described here: https://medium.com/curiouserinstitute/a-game-designers-analysis-of-qanon-580972548be5 https://medium.com/curiouserinstitute/a-game-designers-analy...
SideburnsOfDoom 5y ago
> Why was COVID disinformation produced in the first place? There are documented cases of "influencers" being approached to spread false information by a PR agency linked to a foreign government (1) Russia in this case, but this is a game that many can play, and likely do. I think that the idea is "zero sum" thinking: If they lose, then I win. And also a willingness to "play with fire" for reckless short-term gain, forgetting the old adage "Do not call up that which you cannot put down." 1) This story: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-57928647 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-57928647 https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/may/25/influencers-say-russia-linked-pr-agency-asked-them-to-disparage-pfizer-vaccine https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/may/25/influencers-sa... https://www.businessinsider.com/agency-suspected-russia-ties-asked-influencers-smear-pfizer-vaccine-reports-2021-5 https://www.businessinsider.com/agency-suspected-russia-ties... https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/25/world/europe/disinformation-social-media.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/25/world/europe/disinformati...

bellyfullofbac 5y ago

Probably conviction that they've found the global conspiracy, with the psychology behind that conviction described here: https://medium.com/curiouserinstitute/a-game-designers-analysis-of-qanon-580972548be5 https://medium.com/curiouserinstitute/a-game-designers-analy...

SideburnsOfDoom 5y ago

> Why was COVID disinformation produced in the first place? There are documented cases of "influencers" being approached to spread false information by a PR agency linked to a foreign government (1) Russia in this case, but this is a game that many can play, and likely do. I think that the idea is "zero sum" thinking: If they lose, then I win. And also a willingness to "play with fire" for reckless short-term gain, forgetting the old adage "Do not call up that which you cannot put down." 1) This story: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-57928647 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-57928647 https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/may/25/influencers-say-russia-linked-pr-agency-asked-them-to-disparage-pfizer-vaccine https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/may/25/influencers-sa... https://www.businessinsider.com/agency-suspected-russia-ties-asked-influencers-smear-pfizer-vaccine-reports-2021-5 https://www.businessinsider.com/agency-suspected-russia-ties... https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/25/world/europe/disinformation-social-media.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/25/world/europe/disinformati...