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Oh totally, that ad seems malicious. I was just curious about the misinformation angle that you mentioned and how you in particular have been duped or had your
by FFRefresh 5y ago
Oh totally, that ad seems malicious. I was just curious about the misinformation angle that you mentioned and how you in particular have been duped or had your opinions changed because of a targeted ad.
- bcrl 5y agoI don't see those ads. My filter bubble is completely different. Personally, I think it would be beneficial for society if all of us were exposed to information that falls outside of what our individual filter bubble normally shows us from time to time. Another example that came up in my life yesterday relates to the trucker protest here in Ottawa. One of the news stories from last month about restrictions is being heavily promoted by people sympathetic to the cause. However, in the intervening 4 weeks since this particular story was published, those restrictions were lifted and are no longer being enforced. The people promoting the old article do so because it benefits their narrative, but they are effectively spreading misinformation now by failing to acknowledge that the content is no longer true. That's a problem, and that kind of behaviour is not easy to solve. Maybe someday our web browsers will have the ability to flag content that is obsolete, but that's a pipe dream at present.