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Re:Self-hosting your own media considered harmful according ... by andrepd on Friday June 06, 2025 @09:57AM (#44200993)
Indeed. In the ages pre-algorithmic social media and pre-generative AI I would agree that about truth. Now I'm not so sure.
Re:Self-hosting your own media considered harmful according ... by kevindamm on Friday June 06, 2025 @10:20AM (#44201194)
funny, I still had this open from when I saw it mentioned in another thread on HN

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandolini%27s_law

Debunking disinfo takes significantly more energy than it did to create it, although I have no more than anecdata to back it up I have yet to find anyone who disagrees.

So, I too would like to believe that the truth prevails but imo it only does so when its champions are incredibly persistent.