I want to return to ambiguity strategy, reflexive control and the mosh pit analogy real quick with regard to #NAFO.
Facing an unclear potential attack by a known manipulative opponent, the smart thing to do is NOT a knee-jerk defensive response.
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Facing an unclear potential attack by a known manipulative opponent, the smart thing to do is NOT a knee-jerk defensive response.
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https://twitter.com/JoohnChoe/status/1561083408792506368?s=20&t=Wfv0koHr58pwqE-nQl5Ztg
In an attacker's shoes, if I know that NAFO as a movement will react predictably to, say, being accused of fascism or working for the CIA (lol) then that gives me a degree of leverage to control it.
This is "reflexive control" doctrine.
georgetownsecuritystudiesreview.org/2017/02/01/dis…
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This is "reflexive control" doctrine.
georgetownsecuritystudiesreview.org/2017/02/01/dis…
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"Appeals to specific leaders' character" should ring pretty familiar right now to NAFO people.
They're doing that in order to discourage NAFO as a counter-disinformation movement.
That's because NAFO has a tangible effect on their ability to spread lies.
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They're doing that in order to discourage NAFO as a counter-disinformation movement.
That's because NAFO has a tangible effect on their ability to spread lies.
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It's probably odd if you don't take it that seriously, but I'd argue NAFO is the most successful civilian response strategy to disinfo we've ever seen, actually.
It's not just the data, to me; it's how we interact with the disinformation ecosystem.
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It's not just the data, to me; it's how we interact with the disinformation ecosystem.
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https://twitter.com/JoohnChoe/status/1582320491984846848?s=20&t=cJ4ldX1Hg2KtSGPqGCQzmg
So if we're pretty sure that there's people trying to discredit NAFO, and we're pretty sure that it's at least somewhat organized, although we don't know for certain...
The proper defensive response, I'd argue, is not, like, picking someone random and #article5'ing them.
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The proper defensive response, I'd argue, is not, like, picking someone random and #article5'ing them.
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Instead, it's repositioning NAFO so that it's harder to call it fascist, or inorganic, or whatever.
NAFO is already somewhat like this; I've extolled the diversity and inclusiveness of NAFO already, for instance.
That's a position of strength for the movement.
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NAFO is already somewhat like this; I've extolled the diversity and inclusiveness of NAFO already, for instance.
That's a position of strength for the movement.
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It's like, how are you going to call a movement of folks who openly celebrate differences, raise up their LBGTQ and women members, and have highly individualized political art pieces for their profile pics "fascist"?
That's actually an antifascist movement I'm describing.
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That's actually an antifascist movement I'm describing.
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Similarly, a focus on fighting disinfo and having hard-verified facts to win arguments - especially for war crimes - is another positional advantage that NAFO has.
It's hard to accuse us of spreading disinfo when we fact-check each other and only tweet good sources.
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It's hard to accuse us of spreading disinfo when we fact-check each other and only tweet good sources.
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This is actually not one of those things where I'm going to say "durr everyone should do this" ask people "hey we have got to watch out for this".
On the contrary. The way that it's set up and the way that it's running as a movement is fine. It's still growing, importantly.
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On the contrary. The way that it's set up and the way that it's running as a movement is fine. It's still growing, importantly.
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I'm saying, keep doing what y'all do instead of focusing on the (ambiguous, always ambiguous) threats to the movement.
Maintain the position of being the witty anonymous army on the side of the truth with irreverence and humor and acceptance of difference.
That *works*
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Maintain the position of being the witty anonymous army on the side of the truth with irreverence and humor and acceptance of difference.
That *works*
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