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I think this ignores the fact that the "tribes" are dynamic. People join, leave, sub-groups form etc. Nobody was born believing in Pizzagate. People with more m

I think this ignores the fact that the "tribes" are dynamic. People join, leave, sub-groups form etc. Nobody was born believing in Pizzagate. People with more moderate views can become radicalized and leaving misinformation unchallenged must at least sometimes contribute to this.

luckylion 5y ago
You'd have to step in super early though, wouldn't you? If you have people at the level where reading about Pizzagate will make them a believer, I reckon you've already lost them. What leads them to that kind of thinking? Will a generic "the elites just look after themselves" feed that kind of thinking? Should we fact-check it and say that it's false because of some counter-example? I have no idea when people get onto a slope that leads them to believing that reptilians are ruling the country, but I doubt that there's a right moment where you can hide content from them and not make them think "aha, they're trying to hide something from me ... I wonder what it is". At that level, I assume, there's a good chunk of paranoia involved, and paranoia doesn't really need a certain fuel.