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> a big part of it is just how incredibly toxic the web has become.... Like what [person in my ideological group] did [allegedly, with no explanation or descrip
by zahlman 3mo ago
> a big part of it is just how incredibly toxic the web has become.... Like what [person in my ideological group] did [allegedly, with no explanation or description] with [thing that happened online]... [this comment made online]
I see.
You complain of astroturfing, but you seem unaware of things that you have come to believe because of it.
- marginalia_nu 3mo agoSteve Bannon's involvement in promoting Gamer Gate and co-opting it into a (what would become MAGA) recruitment funnel is fairly well documented[1]. There's absolutely nothing "allegedly" about it, he proudly spells it out himself[2]. Everyone is running this playbook now. The far left, the alt right, IS, Hamas, IDF. Russia was an early player in the space too but seems to have lost a lot of that ability when Prigozhin fell out of a window. [1] https://www.britannica.com/topic/Gamergate-campaign https://www.britannica.com/topic/Gamergate-campaign [2] https://eu.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2017/07/18/steve-bannon-learned-harness-troll-army-world-warcraft/489713001/ https://eu.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2017/07/18/st...