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This is assuming there are no other ways for important things to be reported, such as media outlets, forums, 4chan, independent bloggers and pod casters IRC et
by bamboozled 4y ago
This is assuming there are no other ways for important things to be reported, such as media outlets, forums, 4chan, independent bloggers and pod casters IRC etc
If some major conspiracy was under way, I'm not sure Facbook, Google, Twitter censorhip alone would be enough to stop it?
- inglor_cz 4y agoYou don't really have to stop it. American elections have become so polarized that 50 000 votes in strategically important states can swing them. It is definitely in capabilities of the tech giants to effect such a small change by putting their thumbs on the scales. Of course, this is a general problem with the "winner takes all" political principle, and already the ancient Greeks knew that problem, but given that you can't have two Presidents at the same time, it is hard to avoid. Even European countries where the President is usually just a figurehead suffer from bitter polarization when it comes to presidential elections.
- deepdriver 4y agoForums, 4chan and random blogs are the last-ditch avenue for information sharing among a small, extremely attentive, more-paranoid-than-average segment of the population. They are not an effective means for journalism or mass political speech, even when the facts of that speech are clearly established.
- bamboozled 4y agoI'm not arguing 4chan is good for that, I'm just saying social media is not the only way we find out about things either.
- selfhoster11 4y agoSocial media may not be the only way to access news, but most of the other ways are too obscure to spread information quickly.