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Re:The Facebook whistleblower is heroic and terribly wrong by 6gvONxR4sf7o on Thursday October 07, 2021 @12:36PM (#28788677)
I’m amazed at the amount of conspiracy theory support I’ve seen about her here on HN (and conspiracy theories I’ve seen on HN in general lately). Am I the only one perceiving an uptick in this stuff?
Re:The Facebook whistleblower is heroic and terribly wrong by mFixman on Thursday October 07, 2021 @03:04PM (#28790748)
Articles about Facebook bring the worst of this site.
Re:The Facebook whistleblower is heroic and terribly wrong by Loughla on Thursday October 07, 2021 @12:47PM (#28788859)
No, I'm with you on that. There has also been a massive uptick in extremely polarized political statements and beliefs, as well. Not sure why.
Re:The Facebook whistleblower is heroic and terribly wrong by atatatat on Friday October 08, 2021 @12:02PM (#28800766)
The two major political parties in the US (the majority of the audience of this board, for better or worse) are pitting their voterbases against each other in a desperate bid to retain their power in the face of undirected populist sentiment spread via Internet.