In social media, "the algorithm" is tuned to encourage engagement, and
nothing encourages engagement like extreme viewpoints. The middle part of
that bell curve is way too boring, so it doesn't get amplified like the
edges.
Mainstream media tends to exploit this as well.
On Sun, Oct 6, 2024, 3:59 PM Robert <i...@avantwireless.com> wrote:
> I like to call it the bell curve problem.. The edges of the bell curve
> where the extreme are getting way too much influence in today's world...
>
> On 10/6/24 1:22 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote:
>
> Each side seems to collect a certain number of the "unique" people. The
> right seems to collect the conspiracy theory non-critical thinkers. The
> left seems to collect the rediculous to the extreme social justice warrior
> types. And both sides collect few other groups with extreme viewpoints.
>
> Then, each side claims that the other side solely consists of those
> extreme views. Both sides say "ain't no way we want those nut jobs in
> power". Which is 100% correct... if you include both side's nut jobs into
> the statement.
>
> On Sun, Oct 6, 2024, 12:16 PM <ch...@go-mtc.com> wrote:
>
>> I am happy being a deplorable “junk” person I guess. Not given to
>> conspiracy theories. So sad to learn that I don’t have critical thinking
>> skills. Who knew?
>>
>> *From:* Darin Steffl
>> *Sent:* Saturday, October 5, 2024 11:10 PM
>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] intersection of technical and political
>>
>> It makes sense that people who believe lies and conspiracies are more
>> likely to be scammed than people who have critical thinking skills. Truth
>> Social is filled with junk posts by junk people so if I were a scammer, I'd
>> focus all my time there too.
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 5, 2024 at 10:00 PM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> No comment (and that should say it all).
>>>
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>>> On Sat, Oct 5, 2024 at 12:00 PM Ken Hohhof <khoh...@kwom.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> We try to avoid discussing politics here, and yes, no good can come
>>>> from that.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> But it was inevitable that technical and politics would intersect. I
>>>> didn’t expect to see it on Gizmodo though.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If you have elderly relatives or friends who hang out on Truth Social,
>>>> give them the usual public service announcement to watch out for scams.
>>>> Apparently Truth Social is viewed as a target rich environment for
>>>> scammers.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://gizmodo.com/truth-social-users-are-losing-ridiculous-sums-of-money-to-scams-2000506604
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