Dr_Satan@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-25 months agoOn social media we have these huge conversations where nobody involved has any actual experience. They're just repeating what other people said. Isn't that literally insane?message-squaremessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1189arrow-down129file-text
arrow-up1160arrow-down1message-squareOn social media we have these huge conversations where nobody involved has any actual experience. They're just repeating what other people said. Isn't that literally insane?Dr_Satan@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-25 months agomessage-square43fedilinkfile-text
And when you have a billion people doing this, that’s a lot of insanity. Like, world-spanning plague-level insanity.
minus-squareRestaldt@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·5 months agoSo exactly how the world worked before the internet except instead of getting your misinformation from aunt Becky you get disinformation from xXxFrenchmansCumsockxXx a12 year old in a foreign country… or a bot
minus-squareDr_Satan@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·edit-25 months agoHere’s a couple of differences Millions of us communicate our ideas to millions every minute. (Think of that. 10E6^minute. Such a churn.) An idea can go anywhere in the world instantly. So there’s that vast amplification. A cannon vs a pistol.
So exactly how the world worked before the internet except instead of getting your misinformation from aunt Becky you get disinformation from xXxFrenchmansCumsockxXx a12 year old in a foreign country… or a bot
Here’s a couple of differences
Millions of us communicate our ideas to millions every minute. (Think of that. 10E6^minute. Such a churn.)
An idea can go anywhere in the world instantly.
So there’s that vast amplification. A cannon vs a pistol.