The gist is that social media platforms are being exploited as a feeding ground for a service sector economy based on disinformation. Why does fake news propagate? Because it brings advertizing revenue ("clickbait" ), and, in the chase for clicks online, the horrifying, shocking, exaggerated, or divisive wins out again and again. And because unwary people fall prey to this again and again. A few frequent posters to the GF and Debates forum come to mind...
@moonbussaid For some insight, read the linked article.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46136513
The gist is that social media platforms are being exploited as a feeding ground for a service sector economy based on disinformation. Why does fake news propagate? Because it brings advertizing revenue ("clickbait" ), and, in the chase for clicks online, the horrifying, shocking, exa ...[text shortened]... all prey to this again and again. A few frequent posters to the GF and Debates forum come to mind...
It does bring to mind about the supposed high intelligence of the human race doesn't it.
@sonhousesaid It does bring to mind about the supposed high intelligence of the human race doesn't it.
Wherever there's money to be made, someone will try it, by fair or foul means. The peculiar thing about this particular scam is that the people who take the bait are not the ones losing the money, so they don't get any wiser and keep on taking the bait.
@moonbussaid For some insight, read the linked article.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46136513
The gist is that social media platforms are being exploited as a feeding ground for a service sector economy based on disinformation. Why does fake news propagate? Because it brings advertizing revenue ("clickbait" ), and, in the chase for clicks online, the horrifying, shocking, exa ...[text shortened]... all prey to this again and again. A few frequent posters to the GF and Debates forum come to mind...
If the news didn’t come with built in spin it more than likely would be acceptable to most. When it comes with right or left spin it is opinions about current events people reject. Some spin completely turns events into things that have nothing to do with what really occurred.
@kellyjaysaid If the news didn’t come with built in spin it more than likely would be acceptable to most. When it comes with right or left spin it is opinions about current events people reject. Some spin completely turns events into things that have nothing to do with what really occurred.
Everything journalists do is a subjective editorial choice, from the size of headlines to the placement of quotes and illustrations, to the choice to report this murder vs. that murder. That doesn't make the information false.
@sonhousesaid It does bring to mind about the supposed high intelligence of the human race doesn't it.
You bought into the fake news saying hurricanes are worse because of global warming. The opposite is true.
Being duped into believing myths has nothing to do with intelligence. I know very intelligent people who believe absurd things because they heard the same myth from different sources. It is human nature. Propaganda takes advantage of that human nature.
@moonbussaid Wherever there's money to be made, someone will try it, by fair or foul means. The peculiar thing about this particular scam is that the people who take the bait are not the ones losing the money, so they don't get any wiser and keep on taking the bait.
Money is Power...Just look no further than the Trumpster!!!! 😉
10 Nov '18 13:22
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