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We don't have to consider a hypothetical world. We can just look at history from before social media. And yes plenty of people believed in conspiracy theories a
by goatlover 5y ago
We don't have to consider a hypothetical world. We can just look at history from before social media. And yes plenty of people believed in conspiracy theories and spread misinformation. Witch trials, the red scare and satanic panic were a thing prior to social media. So was the fake moon landing and alien abductions.
So with social media, the question is whether the problem is magnified significantly, or it's just more visible now.
- froh 5y ago"social media" has simplified and amplified spreading disinformation/biased worldviews significantly: in the paper communication age not inly did it require layout/typesetting and printing. in addition ad profiling and individalized targeting now allows dissimination to exactly the desired audience, world wide at very low cost.
- ribs 5y agoWhat seems likely to me is that it’s faster with social media. That maybe every form of social change is faster with the internet. Whatever is going to happen without social media can happen faster than it would have.