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Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The thing about giving everyone a megaphone, is that even when some use them to shout insane bullshit, if enough people hear it, there is inevitably a percentage who will think “yea that makes sense”.

  And now, we’ve got selective megaphones. Social media algoritms that curate our feeds for us so that people shouting insane bullshit have their content fed directly to people who believe insane bullshit. Separating the people who lie and their believers, from the people who call them out on it and bring actual logic into the discussion.

  Algoritms discourage thinking because thinking takes effort, and effort tires you out. Tiring you out would eventualmy make you log off and take a break, but algos are trained to maximize screentime, so no thinking it is.

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  • umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    hell, algos seem to be actually pushing insane bullshit.

    its so dumb that they get to develop it in comoplete secret with how it works.

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  • Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Even if what he’s saying makes sense he sounds and looks like a try-hard dweeb with no skills beyond flapping his gums.

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    • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I find it insulting you’d suggest I’d consider any part what that ass has said as even remotely reasonable.

      What I said is that if you say 2+2=5 to enough people, you’ll get some who will just go “ok yeah sounds right”. They’re still wrong. Two people being deluded together doesn’t make it any less delusional.

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      • Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I don’t think you think that and I apologize for any implication. I just don’t understand why other people think he’s cool because he very much is not.

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• toynbee@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Who is he?

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  • JPAKx4@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Andrew Tate, a “manosphere” incel who trafficked women. He gained a large following by calling people cucks, incels, loser feminists, etc. while always being the alpha male with money and women. He’s currently stuck in Romania while human trafficking charges go through the legal system.

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    • toynbee@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Ah, gotcha. Thank you for the edification. I’ve seen a few headlines about his crimes and the one today about the president trying to get him leniency, but didn’t know anything else. Your answer is much appreciated!

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  • meathorse@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    gollum cough gollum

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• DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  People see charisma as authority, they could geneside 7 million people, but people would trust them

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  • Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    But he’s not even charismatic. He’s just an asshole

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  • Dasus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How do you perceive any charisma from that chinless baldy? :D

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