avater, (edited )
@avater@lemmy.world avatar

So a large amount of dipshits who’re are stupid or vicious enough to pay for blue, digital checkmarks are largely posting false content that is believed by other dipshits who get their knowledge just by a degenerated social media platform like twitter?

Call me surprised… /s

danque,

The moment it became paid to be official was the moment spammers and worse thought they would become recognised as trustworthy. Nowadays if it’s blue dont believe anything they say.

So a large amount of dipshits who’re are stupid or vicious enough to pay for blue, digital checkmarks are largely posting false content that is believed by other dipshits who get their knowledge just by a degenerated social media platform like twitter?

Call me surprised… /s

Xtallll,
@Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Of a state actor is going to pay for a disinformation opp, $8 an account for signal boost is a no brainier.

TwoGems,
@TwoGems@lemmy.world avatar

Demand USA lawmakers make a fairness doctrine for media and social media. We used to have a fairness doctrine. Tweak it though.

The fairness doctrine had two basic elements: It required broadcasters to devote some of their airtime to discussing controversial matters of public interest, and to air contrasting views regarding those matters. Stations were given wide latitude as to how to provide contrasting views: It could be done through news segments, public affairs shows, or editorials. The doctrine did not require equal time for opposing views but required that contrasting viewpoints be presented. The demise of this FCC rule has been cited as a contributing factor in the rising level of party polarization in the United States.[5][6]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/FCC_fairness_doctrine

monkeytennis,
@monkeytennis@lemmy.world avatar

This is not news. Stop upvoting Twitter spam, it’s not even vaguely interesting.

Anonymousllama,

Exactly what he wanted, money. He’s not interested in the slightest with factual information unless there’s some way he can use it for his own benefit

Jimmycakes,

That’s a feature not a bug. Delete Twitter

WhiskyTangoFoxtrot,

Facebook up. Hit the lawyer. Delete gym.

Speculater,

You made me double check that I had, I have.

mlg,
@mlg@lemmy.world avatar

I mean this is already unsurprising given how easy it was to get a blue checkmark as a journalist back when it was Twitter.

Literally any media corporation could get it for any of their employees. But for anyone else, you had to pay thousands to get a middleman who had a contact at twitter to verify you. It was such a weird system.

xc2215x,

Elon doesn’t care because he agrees with them.

mindbleach,

Big surprise the “free marketplace of ideas” crowd wouldn’t know a free market if they sat on it.

ZeroCool,

Yep, sounds like Elon and the Saudi’s have achieved their goal of crippling Twitter’s utility as a means of organizing large scale protests and uprisings like the Arab Spring or the BLM protests in 2020. Now all that’s left are propaganda bots and various flavours of right wing extremists.

Fades,

Oh no :(((((

If only there were a plethora of alternatives people could turn to… but no, Twitter is the only thing oh well

ZeroCool,

I didn’t say there weren’t alternatives. I said Elon and the Saudi’s achieved their goal of crippling the biggest. I guess reading comprehension isn’t your strong suit, eh?

blazeknave,

Oh shit

CrypticFawn,

TikTok has filled that void, for now.

AVincentInSpace,

This definitely feels le sampling bias to me. What percentage of xhitter as a whole is paying for blue checks? What percentage of information regarding the war from blue checks is true? How does that compare with the same figure for non paying customers?

jray4559,
@jray4559@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

About everyone (including several news sites) have produced false/misleading claims about who launched which rocket and how many were killed and all the other stuff, because this fight is messy, and both sides want to look good.

How many of those misinformers just copied from another source that’s supposed to be more trusted?

fubo,

Everyone continuing to use Twitter/X is thereby materially supporting fascism. That’s what the service exists for today.

Gorgeous_Sloth,

You take bolder shortcuts than me on Mario Kart

agent_flounder, (edited )
@agent_flounder@lemmy.world avatar

Take these fascists for example: twitter.com/ACLU

Edit: apparently this is needed: /s

fubo,

Yes, and? They should stop.

blazeknave,

/s?

agent_flounder,
@agent_flounder@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah… I didn’t think we needed that here.

blazeknave,

Me too until the last wk has become very confusing.

Potato_in_my_anus,

There’s a lot of BS from both sides.

MargotRobbie,

You should probably not listen to the opinion of anyone who pays Elon Musk 8 dollars a month for an emoji.

TheGreatFox,

Blue Blocker is a great extension for anyone still using Twitter.

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