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Re:Facebook knows Instagram is toxic for teen girls, company... by javajosh on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @01:14PM (#28527784)
It has a name, its called "sophistry", and the practitioners "sophists". [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophist

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Re:Facebook knows Instagram is toxic for teen girls, company... by jahnu on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @01:18PM (#28527835)
Nice short episode on them here for those who are interested

https://historyofphilosophy.net/sophists

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Re:Facebook knows Instagram is toxic for teen girls, company... by rwnspace on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @05:03AM (#28536851)
Gorgias was perhaps the most well-known ancient Sophist, and is also the namesake of one of Plato's Dialogues, which happens to be one of my favourites. Highly recommend reading the above, and into sophistry and rhetoric more generally, if you're the sort that gets annoyed by modern bullshit, and wants a set of names and tactics to defend the sanctity (and sanity) of your opinions.
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Re:Facebook knows Instagram is toxic for teen girls, company... by Socketier on Thursday September 16, 2021 @12:20AM (#28547971)
Once you notice the "Weasel words" [1] you'll never see a press release like this one the same way again.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasel_word

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