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Re:Yes, social media is undermining democracy by 1234sm546 on Thursday July 28, 2022 @12:10PM (#32266300)
" Democracy has never been in better health - more citizens are politically activated than ever before."

Yea, I guess you could call experiencing a violent coup attempt "activated". If the majority of social media engagement is people believing dubious stories and memes by hating the other side, then the engagement is worthless.

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Re:Yes, social media is undermining democracy by drewcoo on Thursday July 28, 2022 @03:03PM (#32268778)
Well if people believing there was a violent coup attempt gets them to the polls, then so be it!
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