@misjavanlaatum
> Let's definitely not underestimate the role big tech plays in this
Indeed, and as Farrell says in the piece I linked, it's not just a problem of mis/disinformation; unfacts presented as facts. Those platforms feed our subconscious worldbuilding heuristics a persistent false sense of the world, against which factual claims are evaluated, and everyone is being fed a subtly different false sense. Eroding our capacity for social consensus-finding.
@inthehands What will it take for Americans to overthrow this fascist regime?
There is no question what is happening. It’s a coup. In broad daylight. 🤷♂️
@gimulnautti @inthehands it would be a coup if nobody wanted it. Don't forget that a sizable portion of the population is completely ok with this 😕
@misjavanlaatum
> don't forget that m a sizable portion of the population is completely ok with this
I'm not convinced of that. Most USAmericans have been marinating in a stew of nonsense on DataFarming platforms for more than a decade, breaking down our ability to do collective sense-making;
https://www.programmablemutter.com/p/were-getting-the-social-media-crisis
I suspect what people are ok with is a world that has been pulled over their eyes to blind them from the truth, to paraphrase Morpheus in The Matrix.
@strypey @gimulnautti @inthehands yeah, you make a good point. Let's definitely not underestimate the role big tech plays in this...
@misjavanlaatum
> Let's definitely not underestimate the role big tech plays in this
Indeed, and as Farrell says in the piece I linked, it's not just a problem of mis/disinformation; unfacts presented as facts. Those platforms feed our subconscious worldbuilding heuristics a persistent false sense of the world, against which factual claims are evaluated, and everyone is being fed a subtly different false sense. Eroding our capacity for social consensus-finding.
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Me:
> eroding our capacity for social consensus-finding
This got me thinking about why the word 'moderator' describes the curator of a communication channel.
There's a habit to mentally substitute 'censor' when we think about that role, even for those who approve of it. But the work of moderation isn't primarily about deciding whether this or that post/ user account is welcome in the channel. That's a means to an end.
