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Organizing protests is one thing, but troll farms to agitate and turn the population on itself is the story here too. It helps explain the daily protests.
by mancerayder 9mo ago
Organizing protests is one thing, but troll farms to agitate and turn the population on itself is the story here too. It helps explain the daily protests.
- mullingitover 9mo agoThe troll farms can't hold a candle to the first-party algorithmic engagement farming/rage baiting being conducted out in the open by Alphabet/Meta/X/etc. You don't need a conspiracy theory to explain the social dysfunction being created and monetized as part of these firms' core business strategy.
- Sabinus 9mo agoAnd a government run identity verified social media would solve both those problems. Let the government build the digital town square, not the tech billionaires.
- mancerayder 9mo agoPrecisely! They were leveraging said algos and the troll farms couldn't exist without your social media list. It's definitely not a conspiracy, but part of the logic of the tactic.