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This is a noble gesture but you should know that this is a deliberate "drip" tactic that is utilized to soften the impact gradually, making the consumption and
by elif 11mo ago
This is a noble gesture but you should know that this is a deliberate "drip" tactic that is utilized to soften the impact gradually, making the consumption and analysis of this data part of a broader social normalization process which works ironically against the interests of any substantial response that could occur.
Essentially we are helping them brain hack the masses into accepting the status quo.
- torben-friis 11mo agoWeird that you could argue for the opposite effect. Slow drip and fight the quick news cycle forgetfulness by taking a front page spot for each drop.
- throwup238 11mo agoIIRC the slow drip was an explicit tactic used during the Snowden revelations and that seemed much more effective at getting everyone talking about it than Drake’s revelations or Congressional inquiries.
- accrual 11mo agoI have heard it framed as a slow drip to keep the pressure on those who signed on from recinding their support. Like a one-way parking ramp - making it more and more painful to reverse course.
- exasperaited 11mo agoExactly this. This week: not answering questions. Three weeks time: it’s old news. This pattern was used particularly effectively to escape scrutiny throughout Trump 1.
- dpkirchner 11mo agoThey're just going to say they can't release them because they've opened new investigations in to Democrats (and only Democrats) that appear in the trove.
- exasperaited 11mo agoYep.
- ganelonhb 11mo agoYeah you’re so right! We should not even look at them at all or analyze them because they are being released in the way you don’t agree with… bro really?
- exasperaited 11mo agoI mean, people should look, of course. But don’t be blind to how effectively that strategy works.
- zulban 11mo agoWhat do you propose instead?
- malcolmxxx 11mo agoTo bury the evidence that some of us—including ourselves—could become monsters under the right circumstances.
- beefnugs 11mo agoWhat you mean someone working for mossad doesn't just spill all the beans in unencrypted email?!