Subj : Family vs Politics - Did
To   : NIGHTFOX
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Wed Jan 08 2025 09:22 am

> Also, in some ways I feel like platforms like Facebook, Twitter, etc. are
> simply platforms to allow people to communicate and share things like they
> would if they were hanging out in person, and thus shouldn't filter their
> content,

That is how I wish they could work and, if the people using them were smart
about it they could.  That said...

> but on the other hand, I also don't want a lot of fake news being
> spread around (there has already been too much of that).

 ... there are a *lot* of people who believe that social media is a legit
source of "real" news.  So long as you tell them something that supports
their existing beliefs, you can pretty much get them to believe anything
posted on their trusted social media source.

There are one or two posters on FIDO Politics who swear by Twitter/X
because of the 1/10 times something posted there turns out to be true.
They find it even more "true" if it is a post from Elon himself.


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