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Twitter is an actual threat to our republic
Posted on 3/29/20 at 1:25 pm
Posted on 3/29/20 at 1:25 pm
More than any other platform, it is a vat of gasoline for the flames of misinformation.
The herd mentality of ignorant leftists there is legitimately dangerous, analogous to yelling fire in a theatre. Yes, the right has some, too, but the left is at least an order or magnitude worse simply due to celebrities and the media.
Facebook and IG at least have speed bumps in their effectiveness. Twitter is straight up dangerous.
Change my mind.
The herd mentality of ignorant leftists there is legitimately dangerous, analogous to yelling fire in a theatre. Yes, the right has some, too, but the left is at least an order or magnitude worse simply due to celebrities and the media.
Facebook and IG at least have speed bumps in their effectiveness. Twitter is straight up dangerous.
Change my mind.
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Posted on 3/29/20 at 1:25 pm to Ag Zwin
i think facebook is the bigger threat. twitter is how trump gets around a piece of shite media
Posted on 3/29/20 at 1:25 pm to Ag Zwin
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Change my mind.
Go frick yourself
Posted on 3/29/20 at 1:28 pm to Ag Zwin
It’s bad on both sides. The 140 character limit just doesn’t lend itself to nuanced, well thought out post. Not that I agree buuuuttt I kinda see, to a small degree, why China places tough restrictions on twitter etc
This post was edited on 3/29/20 at 1:30 pm
Posted on 3/29/20 at 1:29 pm to Ag Zwin
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More than any other platform, it is a vat of gasoline for the flames of misinformation.
Completely agree. Twitter is nothing but a cesspool of propaganda and misinformation.
The good news is I think more and more people are waking up to that reality.
Posted on 3/29/20 at 1:30 pm to Ag Zwin
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Change my mind.
Private business can do what the frick they want.
Posted on 3/29/20 at 1:33 pm to Ag Zwin
Yay censorship!!
Posted on 3/29/20 at 1:36 pm to geauxtigers87
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i think Facebook is the bigger threat.
Hardly anybody under 40 even uses Facebook.
Facebook is mostly middle-aged and old women.
And people selling pyramid scheme weightloss products.
This post was edited on 3/29/20 at 1:42 pm
Posted on 3/29/20 at 1:37 pm to geauxtigers87
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i think facebook is the bigger threat. twitter is how trump gets around a piece of shite media
They're both a poison to our society.....
Posted on 3/29/20 at 1:41 pm to wmr
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Hardly anybody under 40 even uses Facebook.
While true, those are the most easily manipulated. You should see some of the nonsense my mother and Mother in law both believe because they see it on FB.
Posted on 3/29/20 at 1:43 pm to Ag Zwin
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Change my mind.
I think posts that end with the above should result in an auto-ban of at least 1 month for a first offense and permaban for a second.
Posted on 3/29/20 at 1:44 pm to Ag Zwin
It is a great aid to social engineers.
The definition of Social Engineering is:
the art of manipulating, influencing or deceiving one into taking action that is not in one's own best interest.
So yes, it can be a tool used for negative purposes, but this is like blaming guns for the acts of criminals.
Posted on 3/29/20 at 2:05 pm to LSUconvert
quote:since when? The govt has used millions of different regulations to control private business. Why are tech companies perceived to be above regulatory standards that every other private company are beholden to??
Private business can do what the frick they want.
Posted on 3/29/20 at 2:10 pm to BayouBlitz
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Yay censorship!!
Do you follow that with: Yay propaganda?
Posted on 3/29/20 at 2:13 pm to Ag Zwin
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More than any other platform, it is a vat of gasoline for the flames of misinformation.
The herd mentality of ignorant leftists there is legitimately dangerous, analogous to yelling fire in a theatre. Yes, the right has some, too, but the left is at least an order or magnitude worse simply due to celebrities and the media.
Facebook and IG at least have speed bumps in their effectiveness. Twitter is straight up dangerous.
Change my mind.
Twitter is full of liberal trash, I created a fake account to just fight back a little...it's a waste of time but dang I can't believe what's out there...
Idiot this, F that moron this, it's none stop about the POTUS
Posted on 3/29/20 at 2:16 pm to ApexTiger
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Idiot this, F that moron this,
So kinda like the OT?
Posted on 3/29/20 at 2:18 pm to Ag Zwin
quote:Misinformation has ALWAYS been a problem. When people lived days or weeks from the source of information, inaccurate data reached them just as much as accurate info ... and it had longer to “set” itself in the mind.
Change my mind.
Sure, social media gives us MORE inaccurate data and faster, but we also have more and faster access to ACCURATE data.
At worst, comparison of accurate/inaccurate data now versus 200 years ago is a wash, but I think today nets-out better than our backwoods antecedents.
Posted on 3/29/20 at 2:19 pm to Homesick Tiger
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So kinda like the OT?
I don't spend much time there at all, I've learned many years ago, I am not welcome there
Posted on 3/29/20 at 2:26 pm to Ag Zwin
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flames of misinformation
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The herd mentality
The same can be said about the poliboard.
Posted on 3/29/20 at 2:37 pm to LSUTIGER in TEXAS
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Why are tech companies perceived to be above regulatory standards that every other private company are beholden to??
All regulation is not created equal.
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