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[–] [email protected] 349 points 1 year ago (18 children)

Social media. It wasn't until very recently that people started to realize just how harmful it actually is.

[–] [email protected] 110 points 1 year ago (15 children)

Less social media IMO, more the weaponization of techniques first researched in the 60s-80s made real and pushed via automaton to all corners of the public internet.

The reason you become vulnerable is because you abdicate control (most had no idea) of your feed to providers that own domain names.

This was a co-option of how the internet worked previously.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (14 children)

What kind of techniques were researched? This sounds interesting to learn about. Do you have some terms I could search that will help me learn more?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Buckle up, you’re in for a wild ride Zersetzung

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
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