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In reply to the discussion: That Uplifting Tweet You Just Shared? A Russian Troll Sent It [View all]Tommy_Carcetti
(43,085 posts)20. They work with "hooks."
They'll start with anything to gain a broad audience, and then once captured, will subtly work in their own desired messages.
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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
and talk radio. limbaugh pushing for trump to apt special counsel for obama/biden saying
certainot
May 2020
#40
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
Yes there can be serious consequences for lying. Sometimes but not usually they rise to the level
chia
May 2020
#19
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
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
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
You're welcome, and thank you for allowing me the space to express another view :)
chia
May 2020
#38
The social media genie can't be put back in the bottle. Some have the ability to avoid it but
chia
May 2020
#11
Yes. New wedges to create through doubt about a system that MF45 has happily broken FOR them.
ancianita
May 2020
#27
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
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
Haha... Well, the country does read The Rolling Stone, so it probably will, right?
ancianita
May 2020
#47