alt Hacker NewsWithout social media the majority of the populace would be completely misinformed on everything and the current Iran war would have 60%+ support like the Iraq war did, how is that possibly a better world?
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mtoner23 • today at 6:46 PM
Maybe maybe not. Counter factuals are easy to dream up but impossible to verify
While old style mass media could move in lock step, the lacl of that mechanism seems to just produce a flood of counter narratives to counter narratives. It provides the illusion of being informed but actually being more confused.
As they say, I would rather be uninformed than misinformed.