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So, just like normal then? I don't disagree with being cynical about social media, but community belief is the overwhelming mechanism by which fact is decided
by mrcsd 2y ago
So, just like normal then?
I don't disagree with being cynical about social media, but community belief is the overwhelming mechanism by which fact is decided throughout history, including now.
- phatfish 2y agoA community can certainly have beliefs, doesn't make them true in a factual sense. Some things are "decided" by the majority opinion, like how we think of gender. Others have an objective truth, whether the majority likes it or not.
- chimprich 2y ago"Community belief", or the appearance of it, can be engineered by a bad actor with sufficient resources: an authoritarian state, a think-tank with sufficiently rich sponsors, or the platform itself.