Current Events > Yeah, I'm now firmly of the mind that social media is a mistake

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CableZL
11/08/20 8:35:55 PM
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Constantly seeing the dumbest conspiracy theories repeated endlessly every day is frustrating.

They clearly don't make any sense of you have an understanding of the topic at hand, but it doesn't help.

Presenting reasoning for why they're false doesn't help.

Showing them why they're false through logic doesn't help.

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Dark_SilverX
11/08/20 8:36:42 PM
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Leave it alone. The great nation is divided.

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fuming
11/08/20 8:37:10 PM
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Conspiracy theories were a thing before social media lol and dumb people were also still a thing.
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CableZL
11/08/20 8:38:06 PM
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fuming posted...
Conspiracy theories were a thing before social media lol and dumb people were also still a thing.
Yeah, but social media made it much easier for this stuff to spread.

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R1masher
11/08/20 8:38:11 PM
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Theres tig bitties on them social medias though

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Hexenherz
11/08/20 8:38:48 PM
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I think QAnon was a mistake. Conspiracy theories used to be fun and wholesome for the whole family to enjoy, now they're overly antagonistic and divisive and partisan.

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DoctorPiranha3
11/08/20 8:38:52 PM
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This is why I have never had any type of social media. There's no fucking point, other than to be a hive mind.
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BilalPowell
11/08/20 8:39:16 PM
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no going back now

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Nasty_Nitro
11/08/20 8:39:19 PM
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GameFaqs message boards >>>>Social Media


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IMNOTRAGED
11/08/20 8:45:00 PM
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fuming posted...
Conspiracy theories were a thing before social media lol and dumb people were also still a thing.

Social media makes it far easier for this stuff to spread. Particularly in other countries where facebook basically is the internet to many people.

Hexenherz posted...
I think QAnon was a mistake. Conspiracy theories used to be fun and wholesome for the whole family to enjoy, now they're overly antagonistic and divisive and partisan.

The nazis used conspiracy theories to fuel hatred against Jewish people. The original Qanon was in the 80s with the satanic panic. This shit has always been dangerous

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Notti
11/10/20 4:46:48 AM
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Conspiracy theorists have been a thing way before even MySpace and have always been cancer imo.

Unfortunately yes, social media is allowing this to spread.

But I think social media has more benefits than negatives. I think people will eventually wise up.

When you combat their lies don't forget about the lurkers. Your words may not make an obvious dent in the guy you're talking to, but it can show the lurkers that there is a counter point.

Never enter an argument with the goal being "Ima change this guy's mind."

At best what you get is planting a seed in his mind. But what it's really about is the lurkers.
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Aristoph
11/10/20 4:53:35 AM
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Notti
11/12/20 5:58:55 AM
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fan357
11/12/20 7:00:13 AM
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Posts video of random papers in a trash can. LOOK AT ALL THESE BALLOTS THAT GOT THROWN OUT

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UnfairRepresent
11/12/20 7:35:19 AM
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CableZL posted...
Yeah, but social media made it much easier for this stuff to spread.
It also made it easier for good ideas to be spread too dude

This stuff goes both ways.

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BloodMoon7
11/12/20 7:37:40 AM
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Humanity seldom has good ideas anyway.

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treewojima
11/12/20 7:39:07 AM
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uh oh, the arguer-in-chief has arrived. abandon topic
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Balrog0
11/12/20 7:44:22 AM
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The internet was better before the normie invasion

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Solar_Crimson
11/12/20 7:50:53 AM
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Balrog0 posted...
The internet was better before the normie invasion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September

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NeonOctopus
11/12/20 7:58:13 AM
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Social media is literally a cancer on society

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dcn2424
11/12/20 8:18:57 AM
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Social media is a big waste of time.
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CyricZ
11/12/20 8:22:14 AM
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Ultimately, we'll figure it out the way we figured everything else out. We're going through our chuuni stage as an Internet.

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dcn2424
11/12/20 8:38:04 AM
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IMNOTRAGED posted...
Social media makes it far easier for this stuff to spread. Particularly in other countries where facebook basically is the internet to many people.

Who believes in facebook?
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