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Not all conspiracy theories are created equal. Some conspiracies theories can be real, as conspiracies are possible. Dismissing everything as just a "conspira
by hunterb123 5y ago
Not all conspiracy theories are created equal.
Some conspiracies theories can be real, as conspiracies are possible.
Dismissing everything as just a "conspiracy theory" is dangerous as it allows those in power to abuse plausible deniability and if anyone questions them they can be labeled a conspiracy theorist easily.
It's reasonable to be curious and want answers. Generally these conspiracies come about when people don't get direct answers or proof to their questions.
Then there are flat earthers, moon landing conspiracists etc that have had evidence (a plane or shining a laser on reflectors on the moon) for awhile and still won't concede, I'd argue they are a very small minority though.
- dragontamer 5y agoThe point is that Facebook has a machine learning algorithm that assigns 5x as many points to ":-(" than to "like". Sure, conspiracies exist on occasion. But by favoring the "angry" conspiracies over all others, you're still making a negative environment.
- hunterb123 5y agoI was replying more generically to you. I don't feel like that FB revelation relates to conspiracies at all. It's the same tactic news outlets use, emotional kneejerk stories gets people mad so they keep coming back.