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Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers
Right, who are heavily influenced by?
Again, I didn’t mean to imply that this was 100% blame on Russian influence. Not at all. Just fanning the flames as you say of a problem that exists already.
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Money. They're influenced by money. It's much more profitable to do what they're doing than report the real news.
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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
I see at as Russians providing the connective tissue for these radical movements to grow. There have always been conspiracy theorists scattered all over the place, but rarely could they gain any traction with others.
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Social media platforms are providing connective tissue. That better explains how conspiracy theorists meet each other than Russians connecting them
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Originally Posted by badradio
I don’t doubt Russia had it’s hand in creating chaos, but at what point do these social media companies take responsibility? Facebook enabling, profiting, and encouraging social divide should be held accountable. I’m hoping a socially responsible company comes along and wipes out the cesspool like Facebook and the internet can go back to cat videos, and not sharing other peoples cat videos but actual content creation, this whole “sharing” thing is just lazy and people don’t take full ownership in the things they “share.” But do we wait until the market dictates that? Or do we start regulating these companies that are hurting society?
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I think this is exactly the point. Yes, Russia would like to create chaos. But we are doing it to ourselves and social media is making it possible, even encouraging it.