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This is how propaganda works, you don't spread falsities and untruths, but change the mix of what signals get amplified.



This is how propaganda can still work. However, if a propagandist can get away with falsehoods, they will use those just as well.

The interesting/newer things start when propagandists have multiple outlets and can distribute a number of mutually incompatible falsehoods to different audiences.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Bullshit

Disinformation is so much easier when truth is not a dimension you care about.


Enhanced by algos that promote those falsehoods in a way that ensures widest possible spread




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