• HugeNerd@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    they can control the narratives and conversations and public sentiment

    That sounds almost conspiratorial. How many people know of Reddit, use it, then automatically follow the narrative? Like out of the total population?

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      1 day ago

      LOL it’s been a decade since Jessica Ashoosh.
      Just bcs you’re ignorant about these things and throw conspiracy accusations around doesn’t mean it’s not reality.
      Look someting up.

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        6 hours ago

        Something happened a decade ago to a single person. Therefore it follows it affects millions now in ways that persuade me my world view is correct.

        I see.

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          4 hours ago

          You clearly have no idea who or what that is about, I’m going to let it rest since you look really stupid as it is.

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      Reddit gets half a billion browsers a month. They announced last year that they would be partnering with Google to train and host a new generation of AI, and we also know now that people like Elon Musk have no qualms about enforcing their agendas on the site.

      The number one way to filter the plausibility of conspiracy theories is to ask one simple question: How does this impact the rich?

      For the vast majority of normal kook conspiracies, they fall apart almost immediately when you apply that filter. They have way too much to lose to risk gambles on covering up moon landings and flying saucers or perpetrating huge hoaxes that need a vast contingent of people involved to maintain. Meanwhile, social engineering… that’s easy as shit, you can do it alone if you have the resources. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain. It starts simple with “Hmn I want to make people realize that investing in my company is a smart move” but quickly degrades to “We can’t let people think this genocide is bad, it will wreck our bottom line.”

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      1 day ago

      Wouldn’t for it to be conspiratorial mean there has to be a secret organization behind the scenes? I thought Reddit and X admit to doing this.