Why is social media full of russian propaganda videos? Why do they push those videos?
Politic videos and posts should be excluded from the algorithm.
Every time I open YouTube I see a post about putin being the good guy and trying to help Europe or some bs. Same sht on Instagram. How is this allowed?
Why isn’t Europe doing anything about it?
Putin managed to divide the USA and now Europe is next.
The masses are mostly medium to low information people and none the wiser, especially regarding tech. To them, the phone in their hand is not a computer, but a shiny toy that lets them look at pictures and videos that distracts them from their screaming kids or mundane job. Your average person doesn’t really think past their own hand, they just kinda “do” without considering the wider implications of their actions.
There’s an old adage from I want to say George Carlin (and I’m paraphrasing heavily here), “Think about how dumb the average person is. Remember that 100 is the median IQ, median being middle of the road. Now realize that half of all people are even dumber than that.” Obviously IQ is quite antiquated, but it summarizes the point pretty well.
This is true. Its all magic to most people and they don’t think much deeper.
When I say people are stupid I don’t mean it in some elitist IQ sense like I am smarter because I am not. I mean we are all flawed creatures who are generally exploitable.
It takes discipline and awareness of manipulation to take corrective action. This platform probably isn’t healthy to be on for large amounts of time either. We need real human relationships as well.