Fediverse vs Disinformation

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Pointing out, debunking, and spreading awareness about state- and company-sponsored astroturfing on Lemmy and elsewhere. This includes social media manipulation, propaganda, and disinformation campaigns, among others.

Propaganda and disinformation are a big problem on the internet, and the Fediverse is no exception.

What's the difference between misinformation and disinformation? The inadvertent spread of false information is misinformation. Disinformation is the intentional spread of falsehoods.

By equipping yourself with knowledge of current disinformation campaigns by state actors, corporations and their cheerleaders, you will be better able to identify, report and (hopefully) remove content matching known disinformation campaigns.

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No disinformation
Posts must be relevant to the topic of astroturfing, propaganda and/or disinformation

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“The Russians were pioneers of this … It has become harder and harder to distinguish Russians from MAGA on line, and for the purposes of this election it does not really matter.” (snyder.substack.com)

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Ok you're now trolling about as hard as that guy trolled the people brigading his community. So what does that make you?

At least I'm not such a dumbass that I think actively avoiding challenging your beliefs is a good thing. "Engaging with ideas sounds hard :( never think again bestie its bad for you"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I thought that type of thing and sense of humor made perfect sense to you though?

For serious, I will bet you $200 that I can find 10 examples from the last 3 days of me talking bad about Democrats, or engaging with someone who is challenging my narrative without calling them a bot or troll or anything of the sort

You spun up this whole strawman that because I called a troll a troll, that must mean I call other people who are just disagreeing with me trolls, but you literally just made that up. Bet me that you are wrong.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's the core of the substack you posted, that's the whole idea. Even the submission title you chose is just 'it doesn't matter if they're genuine or not because they're basically bots'

Recognize the doomers, and ignore them. Most of them are not human, most of the humans are not American, and none of them care. They are like a pothole in the road: there is no point reasoning with them.

People are already way too quick to call everything a bot/propaganda/a russian op, they do not need more encouragement to think less.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Does that mean you don’t want to bet?

[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It probably means you could pull your head out of your wounded ego child self, and think

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Thank you for engaging with my comment!