Further up in the thread you said that scientists were focusing on the gloom of the unknown & that misinformation is thriving because we fail to communicate nuance. Now you say we are communicating that nuance but it's somehow not getting out? I'm confusedhttps://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1339581692802199552?s=20 …
In studying misinformation, there is something called a "data void"—it's a thing you don't have credible info on, because it's not a credible thing. But if you don't counter it, it can spread, unchecked because there's no counter-messaging. This is adjacent to that.
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Mass shooters puts such terms in their manifestos, for example—to get young folks googling. All you encounter is their version.
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Adjacent conceptual problem. We have traditional (and credible) messaging on "keep on masking for now" (imo, a little overeager but not a problem on its own.) However, this is not happening in a void—the "no transmission benefit so why bother" is being aggressively pushed.
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This reminds me of this recent article from
@oneunderscore__ on misinformation. We need to figure out ways to address this without creating a "ministry of truth" type thing.https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/12/we-need-to-learn-how-to-talk-to-and-about-accidental-conspiracists/ …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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