fed, social media, meta (-,~)
Not in a great headspace as I watch Ben Wittes and news folks chased off of Twitter using the same disinfo and mob tactics employed against friends-of-friends by a different troll factory.
Social media has a serious disinfo and mob problem. I’ve studied this issue since the days Portal of Evil went after people on web forums, and I don’t know of a perfect solution.
But I’m pretty sure _a_ solution is to vet information better, and I’m thankful Masto seems to do so.
fed, social media, meta (-,~)
One of the reasons I’ve been so closed off lately is I’ve experienced different iterations of this problem, and almost unwittingly caused this to happen to former friends a few years ago before I realized what was happening and shut that shit down. That scares the hell out of me, and I think about it a lot.
Truth dies in a vacuum that promotes mobbing and conspiracy. The only countermeasure I’ve found is to shut that shit down and defend with good administration.
fed, social media, meta (-,~)
I guess I’m thankful Awoo and a good % of the fediverse have figured this out. I’m an optimist, and I think the defenders against disinfo have a strong advantage here compared to Twitter, etc. Mostly, because that weakness isn’t built into the platform to monetize it.
But that doesn’t make this any easier to deal with, until enough people make the jump. Maybe now is a good time to convince more of your friends to move to Masto?
fed, social media, meta (-,~)
Also, support your local fediverse admins if you can. This isn’t easy to work through, given how invested larger platforms and troll farms are in lies right now that seem credible.
