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Does this remind anyone else of a Faustian contract? In all seriousness though, I'm not sure how people would react to social media sponsored by the DOD - rega
by Shenglong 15y ago
Does this remind anyone else of a Faustian contract?
In all seriousness though, I'm not sure how people would react to social media sponsored by the DOD - regardless of their actual intentions.
- JoachimSchipper 15y agoHmm? The DoD would obviously go to Facebook/reddit (maybe HN for selected topics, but we're small); they are not that stupid.
- NathanKP 15y agoThe DoD already uses television and internet ads, sponsored social media is just a small step up and not surprising to me at all. If anything it is high time people learned not to trust social media.
- protomyth 15y agoAfter the media influence on Vietnam, I do believe the DOD pays very close attention to all forms of media. Plus, looking at social media's use in revolutions, I would expect the DOD and CIA to be very interested. I would actually find it scary if the DOD wasn't interested in social media.
- dotBen 15y agoI'm not sure how people would react to social media sponsored by the DOD - regardless of their actual intentions It's not going to be sponsored overtly is it? Thus if done 'correctly' you would never know whether the strangely pro-government tweets from a random "soccer mom in bum-fuck no-where" were genuine or some persona-wonk sitting at his desk in Virginia. It's not going to be a tweet like: @soccer_mom42 says "I really support what is going on in Egypt right now (disclosure: sent by the DoD)"