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In my experience, it doesn't work like that. Some common talking points by either side of the American political spectrum gets regurgitated and propagated a lo
by rg111 5y ago
In my experience, it doesn't work like that.
Some common talking points by either side of the American political spectrum gets regurgitated and propagated a lot, and by true believers. Also by troll farms.
But those are not what I am worried about.
I am worried about some issues and opinions getting dragged from the fringes to the mainstream by sheer scale.
There are some cases which are not widely talked about- let's say it has a hundred deluded supporters. Now, a corporation might hire a high-tech troll farm that produces GPT-like-tech enabled troll accounts running wild in platforms and commenting wild stuff.
There can be an effect in the minds of the undecided, or even people on the other side- "if so many people are saying this..."
Thus is begins.
Decisions can be swayed and opinions can be manufactured this way.