I Have Cancer. Now My Facebook Feed Is Full of ‘Alternative Care’ Ads

Re:I Have Cancer. Now My Facebook Feed Is Full of ‘Alternati... by pastrami_panda on Sunday July 12, 2020 @09:02PM (#23816115)

I knew a guy that suddenly in his thirties started believing the earth was flat. His friends ignored it and tried to play it off. I tried talking to him to no avail.

One night I couldn't sleep and thought about how an average guy like him could do a 180 like that. I googled just to see what arguments the 'movement' tried to lean on. The following weeks I was bombarded with suggestions of more flat earth content, even after downvoting it YouTube kept recommending it for weeks if not months.

Who knows how many minds have been eroded already.

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Re:I Have Cancer. Now My Facebook Feed Is Full of ‘Alternati... by Spooky23 on Sunday July 12, 2020 @09:22PM (#23816234)

I worked with a guy in a position of considerable responsibility who seriously believes that reptilian aliens under the Denver airport are controlling the US government.

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Re:I Have Cancer. Now My Facebook Feed Is Full of ‘Alternati... by netsec_burn on Sunday July 12, 2020 @09:33PM (#23816304)

He's been brainwashed. Everyone knows the United States government doesn't exist. /s

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Re:I Have Cancer. Now My Facebook Feed Is Full of ‘Alternati... by mirimir on Sunday July 12, 2020 @09:52PM (#23816430)

Well, the "B.P. Richfield" character in Henson's 90s muppet show "Dinosaurs" satirized Trump, who had by then become notorious in the NYC metro area.

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Re:I Have Cancer. Now My Facebook Feed Is Full of ‘Alternati... by clever_king on Sunday July 12, 2020 @09:21PM (#23816230)

There is good open source alternative to youtube is newpipe. Since there is no ad in it you can't creator but by contributing with helps the creator.

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