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That's not the source of the problem, just a symptom. What caused the financial problems for social media was the censorship, blatant propaganda and use of add
by webdoodle 4y ago
That's not the source of the problem, just a symptom. What caused the financial problems for social media was the censorship, blatant propaganda and use of addiction based behavior modification to subjugate the population; AKA population control.
Reddit might actually be one of the worst offenders, but because they aren't public, and have a smaller user base, they went unscrutinized. I highly recommend everyone watch the documovie the Social Dilemma.
TLDR; Social media is military grade psychological weaponry aimed at the most vulnerable amongst us.
- adrianN 4y ago> Social media is military grade psychological weaponry That would probably be good for the stock value, wouldn't it?
- webdoodle 4y agoNot if your users discover the ruse, and mass quit using social media, or worse start abusing it themselves. Reddit had a large drop off in users after the Black day, however, the latter is in fact is definitely going on as well. The genie is out of the bottle on this one, and social hackers planet wide are now playing the game.
- adrianN 4y agoIt's not very potent weaponry if your users discover the ruse...
- webdoodle 4y agoThey make every effort too silence people who cut against the grain on this issue: browbeating, gaslighting, censorship, and eventually the ban hammer. Of course, this only slows the fight against these dystopian oligarchs. My hope is that the tipping point will be reached before they have silence too many of us.