1/ I think people underestimate how easy it is to manipulate mass perception through social media with relatively **small** interventions. It's non-linear. Algorithms amplify artificially salient political trolling. Russia definitely took advantage of this. But...
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5/ So, yes, I think the Russian meddling was bad and did affect the outcome of 2016. But, the frantic, singular focus is worse, because it leaves all of the huge mass of other bad actors and processes unaccounted for. Ignoring social media's role...
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@GOP is now unambiguously a terminal disease. Granting the office of the President perpetual rights to lie about anything is accelerant to the social fire. It makes it easier for all bad actors to continue exploiting and regenerating the dysfunctional info environment.Show this thread -
7/ Whether or not Trump colluded isn't politically irrelevant, but the overwhelming mass media focus on it obscures the deadly problem of a catastrophically-failed and demonstrably ruthless political party that's in power and wants to stay there...
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