Preventing extreme polarization of political attitudes

Re:Preventing extreme polarization of political attitudes by kelseyfrog on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @07:13PM (#29560084)

Growing up I was told hundreds of times "not to believe everything you read on the internet." Parents, teachers, relatives, and older folks all told me that. It was a cliche, and us younger people made fun of it being a cliche in the same way we made fun of downloading cars. Even so, it stuck with me.

Then it stopped. No one said it anymore. What happened?

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Re:Preventing extreme polarization of political attitudes by techdragon on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @03:58AM (#29563553)

Unscrupulous marketing people discovered the effectiveness of doublespeak. They turned the natural suspicion of internet information back at itself by implying that “the other people on the internet are lying to you, I’m going to tell you the real truth” and because everyone knows you can’t trust the internet they are subtly manipulated into being more likely to believe something new that is untrue.

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Re:Preventing extreme polarization of political attitudes by popcube on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @10:24PM (#29561702)

every one connected to Facebook>

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