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I feel like the question answers itself. We know what the world looked like before widespread adoption of social media, and what it looks like now. Before: obvi
by forgetfreeman 2y ago
I feel like the question answers itself. We know what the world looked like before widespread adoption of social media, and what it looks like now. Before: obvious bullshit struggled to gain any audience at all and fringe stuff was largely contained by the cost of stamps and labor. After: one rando successfully convinced untold hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of individuals globally that lizard people exist, probably from their phone, in their spare time.
- 8f2ab37a-ed6c 2y agoYou really don't need social media for that. The Rwandan genocide was triggered by one shitty radio station. People will always find a way to easily distribute propaganda.
- forgetfreeman 2y agoEasily? To replicate that you'd need to at minimum hijack a radio station. Compare/contrast with the relative difficulty of fishing your phone out of your pocket. There is also the minor issue of instant global reach, so yeah, hijacking radio stations on several continents should keep one busy a while I'd imagine.
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