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> there is very little (but not zero) actual misinformation on the Internet. It’s not the amount to take issue with but the spread of its influence. Anti-vacci
by ordinaryradical 5y ago
> there is very little (but not zero) actual misinformation on the Internet.
It’s not the amount to take issue with but the spread of its influence. Anti-vaccine ideology was given a platform by big tech and now we have an endemic disease because folks believe that nonsense and let it hold sway over their medical decisions.
Edit: for folks voting this down I’d be interested in a rebuttal or at least an explanation of how this doesn’t add to the conversation. I try to be a good citizen here and thought I was engaging in good faith.
- Turing_Machine 5y agoYou don't get to argue that it should be permissible to shut down people's opinions and then complain when your own opinions get shut down.
- guscost 5y agoEspecially when in the latter case, it happened organically.
- mancerayder 5y ago> Edit: for folks voting this down I’d be interested in a rebuttal or at least an explanation of how this doesn’t add to the conversation. I try to be a good citizen here and thought I was engaging in good faith "Misinformation", someone might say, and we wouldn't have to give you any justification. No freedom from consequences, they say.
- __blockcipher__ 5y agoI have downvoted you because you seem to believe that if there were no anti-vaccine sentiment, SARS-2 would not exist, which is patently absurd
- objectivetruth 5y agoNope, OP didn't say SARS-2 was caused by anti-vax sentiment, they said it became endemic because of it. Words matter.