But, but, but … what about the “silent majority”?
From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Bill Prince
Sent: Monday, October 7, 2024 7:54 AM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com>
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] intersection of technical and political
I call it the barbell curve. Not much happening in the middle; all the action
at the ends. Inverse of the bell curve.
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On Sun, Oct 6, 2024 at 8:13 PM Forrest Christian (List Account)
<li...@packetflux.com <mailto:li...@packetflux.com> > wrote:
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
<mailto: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 <mailto: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
<mailto: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
<mailto: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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