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by faddypaddy34 1265 days ago
The problem isn't the shadow banning/ visibility filtering in my opinion. Though I personally don't agree it's a good thing to artificially suppress speech. The problem is the multiple years of gaslighting by media, and executives of companies saying "We don't shadow ban anyone." If you don't understand why media, government, and corporations working together to craft narratives is a problem I don't really know what to say.
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It’s crazy to me that there is still people that refuse to acknowledge the collusion. I imagine it’s because they perceive a benefit from this arrangement and see it as an opportunity to hurt their political rivals. Good luck getting them to admit anything.
Why would a deceitful and malevolent person admit anything?
I guess they wouldn't. I honestly don't know how to get public discourse back on track to an appreciation for truth. I can only hope the partisans that weaponized social media as their pet angry mob eventually get their comeuppance; preferably in a way that leaves us with more transparency into how these platforms operate and the agents that leverage it.