1 / I'd been thinking a lot lately about the smaller, more practically dangerous effects of unchecked disinformation on platforms with exponential sharing and community growth.
Then I saw a woman in a QAnon Facebook group earnestly ask for help with her tinnitus.
Then I saw a woman in a QAnon Facebook group earnestly ask for help with her tinnitus.
2 / The woman in the QAnon group asking for help with her tinnitus received these suggestions:
It’s your wifi. Go barefoot.
Mind control labs are just shifting their frequency.
“Your DNA is getting upgraded.”
It’s a common symptom of your mind awakening. Read my ebook.
It’s your wifi. Go barefoot.
Mind control labs are just shifting their frequency.
“Your DNA is getting upgraded.”
It’s a common symptom of your mind awakening. Read my ebook.
3 / Can we put the cat back in the bag here? Probably not.
Facebook created a directory of vulnerable people who can commiserate about the unseen powers keeping them down, and for grifters to isolate and take advantage of them.
Facebook created a directory of vulnerable people who can commiserate about the unseen powers keeping them down, and for grifters to isolate and take advantage of them.
4 / When Facebook prioritized groups, their recommendations algorithm drove these people down exponentially darker rabbit holes.
5 / Now a lot of these Facebook groups are private. The bad medical advice, the miracle cures sold to cure diseases — they're all closed off to anyone who could help.
The calls to arms for those who feel like life will never get better — they're only visible to people who agree.
The calls to arms for those who feel like life will never get better — they're only visible to people who agree.
6 / It’s all simmering just beneath the surface.
It’s not really fixable anymore. It's not even visible anymore. For Facebook, that was the point.
It’s not really fixable anymore. It's not even visible anymore. For Facebook, that was the point.
