alt Hacker NewsThe troll farms can't hold a candle to the first-party algorithmic engagement farming/rage baiting being conducted out in the open by Alphabet/Meta/X/etc.
You don't need a conspiracy theory to explain the social dysfunction being created and monetized as part of these firms' core business strategy.
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Sabinus • yesterday at 9:51 PM
And a government run identity verified social media would solve both those problems. Let the government build the digital town square, not the tech billionaires.
Precisely! They were leveraging said algos and the troll farms couldn't exist without your social media list. It's definitely not a conspiracy, but part of the logic of the tactic.