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Re:Can We Get More Decentralised Than the Fediverse? by andoando on Thursday February 29, 2024 @03:23PM (#39554549)
100% agree. I think Reddit is a huge propaganda machine in itself. The most ironic thread I’ve seen was a headline about how Republicans were more susceptible to propaganda, with every comment of course being 3-10 words amounting to “oh yeah so true, they’re terrible”. Anyone that actually read past the headline though could see the article was total nonsense.

I suppose it may be harder to control since a central authority can’t publish anything they want.

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Re:Can We Get More Decentralised Than the Fediverse? by hellojesus on Thursday February 29, 2024 @09:15PM (#39557775)
At one point I heard someone talking about how people have transitioned from reading articles to only reading the headlines. Your comment reminds me that many people do this for most of their news. And I'm guilty too. I usually read comments on HN before the article, if even I read the article.

Very interesting shift in media consumption, and it may help explain the sensational/disconnected headlines.

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