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Tommy_Carcetti

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20. They work with "hooks."
Wed May 27, 2020, 12:51 PM
May 2020

They'll start with anything to gain a broad audience, and then once captured, will subtly work in their own desired messages.

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
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