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lagomorph777

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3. I wish. But people seem to be becoming more and more gullible and susceptible to this horseshit.

Wed May 27, 2020, 11:41 AM

May 2020

My wife (a Falsebook devotee) is showing me posts that I immediately point out to her are from Russian trolls. But I see her attitudes closely aligning with some of the posts mentioned in the OP (though she hasn't showed me all of the hundreds of these she must see daily). This shit is working because it's so subtle.

We need to shut down Falsebook and Twit.

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That Uplifting Tweet You Just Shared? A Russian Troll Sent It [View all] ancianita May 2020 OP

Possible silver lining? Steelrolled May 2020 #1

I wish. But people seem to be becoming more and more gullible and susceptible to this horseshit. lagomorph777 May 2020 #3

Or maybe she needs to step up, learn more about ID'ing and reporting setups and manipulation, ancianita May 2020 #5

I wish. But she's got various issues that make such discussions nearly impossible. lagomorph777 May 2020 #7

Do you know for a fact that it "makes most of its money on lies and privacy violations"? ancianita May 2020 #22

If you need a substitute for Twitter, try RT. lagomorph777 May 2020 #35

and talk radio. limbaugh pushing for trump to apt special counsel for obama/biden saying certainot May 2020 #40

I agree with you. I do not think ending social media is the answer. cayugafalls May 2020 #13

soc media cos could save billions just by monitoring talk radio and cross refrencing certainot May 2020 #41

It would be interesting to see how much russian money is behind conservative talk radio cayugafalls May 2020 #44

i agree. media really needs to look into it. i'll bet it's in some of the mueller redactions certainot May 2020 #45

No, we don't need to "shut down" FB and Twitter. We still have a right to freedom of speech. chia May 2020 #10

We don't have the right to lie. And foreigners don't have Constitutional rights. lagomorph777 May 2020 #12

Really? People do have a right to lie. That doesn't make it moral, but they have the right. chia May 2020 #15

OK specifically certain lies can get us sued or jailed. lagomorph777 May 2020 #17

Yes there can be serious consequences for lying. Sometimes but not usually they rise to the level chia May 2020 #19

And yet you endorse RT, jokingly or not. Not consistent with this message. ancianita May 2020 #36

Platforms show the worth of content over time. If Twitter no longer provides some hard hitting ancianita May 2020 #4

How about the real world? "Hard hitting" is a nice euphemism for "inflammatory lies." lagomorph777 May 2020 #8

How about hard hitting as in all the Twitter videos of police murders, or this one: ancianita May 2020 #37

k&r for visibility. Laelth May 2020 #2

Now that social media is being weaponized it is more important than ever to disconnect. cayugafalls May 2020 #6

Really? The way I see it, Social media are OUR tools. We made them. WE own those tools. ancianita May 2020 #14

In my opinion, to save my soul, I disconnected from most social media. cayugafalls May 2020 #30

I hear you. Fighting is not for everyone. Everyone sees use of their time differently. ancianita May 2020 #33

Now that social media is being weaponized it is more important than ever to fight fire with fire. chia May 2020 #16

Feel free to fight that war. Personally, I wasted a lot of time on social media. cayugafalls May 2020 #21

I understand and respect your perspective as well, I know we can't all take on it all, but some can chia May 2020 #23

Agreed. I do not believe shutting them down is the answer. cayugafalls May 2020 #31

You're welcome, and thank you for allowing me the space to express another view :) chia May 2020 #38

twitter is toxic, I hope it does not exist in the future. Brainfodder May 2020 #9

The social media genie can't be put back in the bottle. Some have the ability to avoid it but chia May 2020 #11

Yeah, it's no longer Turbineguy May 2020 #18

They work with "hooks." Tommy_Carcetti May 2020 #20

That's IT. And then what. Do we just stand by and let them? I say no. ancianita May 2020 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author ancianita May 2020 #26

That was from 2019. Now there's more masks and social distance memes IronLionZion May 2020 #25

Yes. New wedges to create through doubt about a system that MF45 has happily broken FOR them. ancianita May 2020 #27

Sigh, I hope so. IronLionZion May 2020 #29

Yep, this time there really are Reds under the bed. n/t TygrBright May 2020 #28

Read Roland Barthes and you will know how to spot the trolls. McCamy Taylor May 2020 #32

Cool. Back when I did read him, I couldn't have known what a troll is; but in THIS context, I will ancianita May 2020 #34

Still think trolls on social media. They swarmed on those of Laura PourMeADrink May 2020 #39

There was a left wing FB page I followed for a year. I suddenly started noticing anti Democratic C Moon May 2020 #42

I had the same experience. I called out their pivots, warned them, and knew that others duly noted ancianita May 2020 #43

This thread needs to be shared with the whole country. BComplex May 2020 #46

Haha... Well, the country does read The Rolling Stone, so it probably will, right? ancianita May 2020 #47

I wish. n/t BComplex May 2020 #48

... ancianita May 2020 #49

KNR niyad May 2020 #50