Ironically, my original post has blown up to a degree that risks giving it more weight than it was built to bear. Like most social media posts, it was a distillation of a feeling, tossed off in a moment. I'd encourage folks to consider it alongside the context and counterpoints others have posted.
Exactly. That is why having good filtering abilities is critical.
It's a straightforward and correct statement
It basically contains all the elements that explains why Trump is president again.
I really appreciate your insight and ability to think critically with nuance. I have been shadow banned on FB because I must have had a secret right winger or something that would turn me in for disinformation when I would post something sarcastic
One of those steps needs to be real punishments for deliberately printing/spreading outright falsehoods or portraying opinion as fact. It's a positive minefield to truly tackle the issue but there are steps along the way. Steps we should have already taken. IMHO
Realized I didn't close the loop on "ironically." The irony, to me, is that my post probably spread so far in part *because* it's an oversimplification, crafted in a way that elicits righteous anger, assigns blame to a nebulous outgroup (the "savvy"), and cites no sources — all hallmarks of misinfo.
You’re giving a well- thought iut idea. Putting words to a phenomenon we al see. You don’t need citations.
If you have not read or seen Carole Cadwalladr she makes a very similar point about misinformation and politics. This TedTalk is from a few years ago, but is certainly relevant now, or more so: www.google.com/url?q=https:...
Probably. But we, as scientists and journalists, need to find a way to communicate reality in ways that audiences can understand. Distilling complex content into digestible pieces (building blocks for better understandings) is a skill we all need to learn right quick.
Perhaps a lesson can be learned on content length. Industry Producers in mainstream media insist on brevity, falsely believing that audiences will not consume long form. But podcasting and youtube belies that folk belief about audience preference. It’s about removing the fourth wall, not word length
Create a “truth rabbit hole” where the intrinsic incentive is to go deeper and deeper into truth. This is highly motivating. Linking networks of experts and content where debunking falsehoods and showing how to weight arguments properly is a badge of honour - the converse of the QAnon-universe.
yep OP has frequently referenced and described these participatory media ecologies as crucial characteristics
Referring to other trusted sources within content, letting users “find the truth” on their own and building a whole ecosystem where real journalists and experts regain the trust they once had by opening doors (rather than holding users by the hand) can work wonders for building buy-in
Be the “guide on the side” rather than the condescending parent
of course the meta topic here is that the “twitter ux” and its grammars of brevity and engagement baiting also impede on our communications as much as facilitate them
To my mind this misses the point a bit. The VOLUME of messaging from algorithms is designed to “flood the zone” and drown out other messages. Add to that the ability to microtarget and we have given enormous power to plutocrats like Musk whose wild tweets get quoted verbatim.
Well those who know my work would know that that would be something for which I take for granted at this point. 😝
Looking forward to exploring it more. Bluesky can sometimes be a million people having 10 million conversations at slightly crossed purposes.
That's what the org I'm working for is striving to do. News that everyone can read and understand. If anyone is interested, check us out! @equalaccesspublicmedia.org
Also need to build a broader bench of messengers that reach into the influence economy
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Can't take a W, can you?
Thank you for modeling good and thoughtful social media hygiene (for want of a better word).
Totally agree. These are the kind of posts i want to follow, not the excitable vitriol that others anyone & divides us more. Recent discussion of Jimmy Carter's life & outlook has re-enforced this thought for me, so even more timely
It's worth noting that the Dem's loss in November was largely driven by something the Repubs didn't need to lie about: inflation. Indeed it was the Harris campaign lying in that instance, and it was a pretty blatant and dumb lie ("it's just price gouging, we can fix it with this new law")
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You’re 100% correct. Lies, misinformation and disinformation won the 2024 election. Probably the 2016 election too. I was stunned by the lies people believed even back then.
While I don’t doubt it made some difference, putting too much weight on misinformation as a factor shields us from the reality that a lot of people simply just like the racist, sexist bully because he’s a racist, sexist bully.
the whole racist anti DEI, Anti-woke agenda is built on misinformation. but you’re not wrong, imo.
Totally agree it’s built on misinformation, at the same time racists will find a way to be racist with any given set of facts (or non-facts, as the case may be)
God damn that's a sane way to frame a thread. I'm literally putting a pin in this, so I can quote it the next time one of my casual 300char posts accumulates a small article's worth of replies 📌