3 ms·
> Internet literacy can be taught. Can it? We've been trying for 20+ years. Not to mention that while it used to be purely a literacy problem, nowadays variou
by Nextgrid 4y ago
> Internet literacy can be taught.
Can it? We've been trying for 20+ years.
Not to mention that while it used to be purely a literacy problem, nowadays various commercial interests benefit from users being tech-illiterate and are incentivised to perpetuate this lack of literacy, all the way towards dumbing down UIs and removing advanced features so that people can no longer become literate even if they wanted to.
Hell, the spread of medical misinformation benefits the platforms on which it happens as it generates plenty of "engagement" so short of regulation with actual teeth (which won't happen due to government incompetence, regulatory capture or lobbying), I don't see why the situation would ever change.
- pjc50 4y ago> the spread of medical misinformation benefits the platforms on which it happens as it generates plenty of "engagement" There was a great paper which I can't find now about the link between the "supplement" industry, whose products range from the ineffective to the actually dangerous, and aren't regulated by the FDA, and the rightwing channels that tend to advertise them.
- mikrotikker 4y agoIts not just a right wing problem, there's plenty of crazy hippies pushing turps and jilly juice.
- nibbleshifter 4y agoSome of the more insane people I know (antivax etc) are moderate to hard left. The polarization affected both ends of the spectrum it seems.
- mikrotikker 4y agoDid you notice all the famous people who were saying they wouldn't take the trump vax, and poo pooing it, and then once he was gone suddenly they were calling anyone who didn't want it a racist?
- amanaplanacanal 4y agoI don’t remember these people. Can you give some examples?
- mikrotikker 4y agoKamala Harris and Joe Biden.
- nibbleshifter 4y agoI'm not American, so no, I wasn't exposed to American brainrot so much. Instead I got the European flavour, where on the left you have a lot of dippy hippies who believe in homeopathy and magic healing crystals.