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minus-squareTwilightVulpine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThere are probably ways to counter misinformation without giving the bad actors involved any additional platform.
minus-squaredragontamer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoThey already have a platform. Its called Twitter. They’ll have that platform whether or not you post a reply.
minus-squareTwilightVulpine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoBut posting a direct reply will give them additional attention, from your own followers and from algorithmic boosting. If simply replying to bad actors with facts and demanding decency helped in any way, they wouldn’t have gotten as relevant as they are.
minus-squaredragontamer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoThat’s all good theory or whatever, but you ain’t gonna stop Donald Trump from getting boosted to the top. Certainly not when Elon is in charge of Twitter.
There are probably ways to counter misinformation without giving the bad actors involved any additional platform.
They already have a platform. Its called Twitter.
They’ll have that platform whether or not you post a reply.
But posting a direct reply will give them additional attention, from your own followers and from algorithmic boosting.
If simply replying to bad actors with facts and demanding decency helped in any way, they wouldn’t have gotten as relevant as they are.
That’s all good theory or whatever, but you ain’t gonna stop Donald Trump from getting boosted to the top. Certainly not when Elon is in charge of Twitter.