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Re:Top internet sleuths say they won't help find the UnitedH... by rvnx on Saturday December 07, 2024 @08:22AM (#42349655)
TikTok has their own understanding of democracy, defending certain ideas (e.g. Russia in Romania), but at the same time, Twitter also has a certain view (like Donald Trump).
Re:Top internet sleuths say they won't help find the UnitedH... by Spoiled_toast on Saturday December 07, 2024 @09:43AM (#42350110)
My apologies for the lack of understanding. I am completely ignorant of everything TikTok. Personally, I am already easily distracted/side tracked and I don’t need another thing to keep me on my phone.

My comment was made on the side of the public majority, be it meat space or the ether, holding little regard for a man who’s responsible for policies that have denied care that they payed for. Believe it or not, actions have consequences.

As to comment on “TikTok sleuths”: I would doubt their prowess and abilities to maintain any level of professionalism. They are on a website that is targeting your short term attention span. Long, drawn out, in depth analysis and (what is it) 1 minute max length videos don’t seem a positive mix. Just as I am now, I would assume they are merely speculating. This just seems like another “we did it Reddit!”.

Re:Top internet sleuths say they won't help find the UnitedH... by throwaway48476 on Saturday December 07, 2024 @04:03PM (#42352837)
Re:Top internet sleuths say they won't help find the UnitedH... by Spoiled_toast on Saturday December 07, 2024 @09:05PM (#42354448)
Somebody always knows something. Somebody always knows somebody who knows something.

Distributed search through multiple contacts does not always provide tangible evidence. I, personally, would not take random sources over first hand evidence. A thousand monkeys on type writers and only a dozen providing credible information.

Have you ever noticed the large amount of people that will take an influential persons word at face value? What ever happened to trust but verify.

Re:Top internet sleuths say they won't help find the UnitedH... by throwaway48476 on Sunday December 08, 2024 @07:04AM (#42356656)
I don't understand your point if there is one.
Re:Top internet sleuths say they won't help find the UnitedH... by Spoiled_toast on Sunday December 08, 2024 @08:09AM (#42356912)
Multiple sources makes the water muddy. With the large amount of people with easily influenced opinions, quick to judgement, I do not see any value in this approach.

If you look through old logs of a certain bulletin board how many did you see providing useful information? The 80/20 rule applies to this.

Ever heard of the game “telephone”?

Re:Top internet sleuths say they won't help find the UnitedH... by pessimizer on Saturday December 07, 2024 @08:28AM (#42349704)
The idea that votes have to be ignored in Romania because Russia is a unique understanding of democracy. Donald Trump was the democratic selection for president in an election that was run uncontroversially, and who won both the electoral college and the popular vote.

The question is why have elites become openly hostile to democracy, and to the spread of political knowledge?

Re:Top internet sleuths say they won't help find the UnitedH... by aguaviva on Saturday December 07, 2024 @10:34AM (#42350411)
The idea that votes have to be ignored in Romania because Russia is a unique understanding of democracy.

And it's uniquely yours, because no one (even in Romania) is saying "votes have to be ignored because Russia".

Re:Top internet sleuths say they won't help find the UnitedH... by polotics on Saturday December 07, 2024 @08:49AM (#42349824)
Hello pessimizer! Please get yourself a few romanian tik-tok accounts, browse as a young man, and you will see what relentless propaganda has been produced. I am sorry this information, ie. the videos, are not widely available on the internet. (like most of the good useful information, if I may add)