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QC (in Berlin 7/29-??? w/ COVID 😷)
@QiaochuYuan
i really dislike the word "misinformation" / "disinformation." it's presumptuous to assert that you know what constitutes "information" and what constitutes "not information" and underhanded to make it an implicit part of the frame so it's harder to notice and object to
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QC (in Berlin 7/29-??? w/ COVID 😷)
@QiaochuYuan
it's awkward that english doesn't appear to have a word for the opposite of a lie which is *not* a truth. it's a statement which may be true or false but which is being reported honestly in good faith do we seriously not have a word for this? come on
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QC (in Berlin 7/29-??? w/ COVID 😷)
@QiaochuYuan
"social media should simply institute policies making it harder to spread misinformation" pretty much exactly translates to "social media should simply institute policies making it harder to spread opinions i disagree with" which is just very bad
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QC (in Berlin 7/29-??? w/ COVID 😷)
@QiaochuYuan
people who are spreading plague conspiracy theories or w/e in good faith are *trying to do it right*: they have actual opinions about important things and they are trying to improve other people's lives by telling them about it this is normal prosocial human behavior
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QC (in Berlin 7/29-??? w/ COVID 😷)
@QiaochuYuan
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whose job did it used to be? idk but if i had to bullshit about it, first the church and then TV? at some point the cover story was "scientists" but now it's nobody's job and everybody's job. lots of people are applying for the position and it's an uncomfortable power scramble
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