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You don't even need bots - simple sorting algorithms do more damage. It shows human vulnerability more than anything else. All it took was a single fake message
by 8ytecoder 5y ago
You don't even need bots - simple sorting algorithms do more damage. It shows human vulnerability more than anything else. All it took was a single fake message to get 600 people killed in Burma.
- Kim_Bruning 5y agoDo you have a good reference for this? I'd like to use it in future discussions :-)
- Willish42 5y agoThis took me a minute to figure out, mostly because I didn't immediately intuit that "sorting algorithm" == Facebook and "Burma" == Myanmar. I believe they're referencing Facebook's role in the Myanmar coup: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55929654 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55929654 (reference for "600" as the death toll: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-56703416 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-56703416)