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Re:Voting misinformation flourishes on Facebook by HumblyTossed on Thursday July 16, 2020 @11:26AM (#23859941)
> There should be a class in the every high schools history department the explains propaganda and gossip.

It wouldn't help. Facebook and other social media outlets are geared to giving you more of what you click. Happen to click a few far Z-Wing posts? You'll get more. Once a pattern develops they feed you what you click most so that you'll stay engaged. No amount of high schooling will prepare people for that. The _only_ way to fight it is to actively disengage.

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Re:Voting misinformation flourishes on Facebook by goatinaboat on Thursday July 16, 2020 @12:08PM (#23860382)
The insidious thing is: if you post a rebuttal to some assertion, all Facebook sees is that you engaged with that content. So it will show you more and more. You will become exhausted with the arguments and when your guard is down: ads
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