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Re:Buying Influence: How China manipulates Facebook and Twitter by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @04:57PM (#29655959)
"It's clearly true, no evidence needed"? At a minimum, that's not very persuasive to anyone who doesn't already agree with you.

But worse, that kind of thinking is how you wind up with beliefs that no external evidence can persuade you are false. It's the same approach of both religious cults and conspiracy theorists.

Mind you, you could in fact be right. But the thinking pattern has, at best, disreputable fellow travelers. Be cautious of that pattern of thinking.

Re:Buying Influence: How China manipulates Facebook and Twitter by guerrilla on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @05:44PM (#29656453)
In this case it means you misunderstand the model [1] which doesn't require conspiracy or malicious intent. The book they published on it is just a mass of evidence that this is how it works, check it out if that's what you want.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_model