psychothumbs@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago"They need us. We don't need them:" The fall of Twitter is making the trolls and grifters desperatewww.salon.comexternal-linkmessage-square103linkfedilinkarrow-up1241arrow-down121cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1220arrow-down1external-link"They need us. We don't need them:" The fall of Twitter is making the trolls and grifters desperatewww.salon.compsychothumbs@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square103linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squareTwilightVulpine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoThere are probably ways to counter misinformation without giving the bad actors involved any additional platform.
minus-squaredragontamer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoThey already have a platform. Its called Twitter. They’ll have that platform whether or not you post a reply.
minus-squareTwilightVulpine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoBut posting a direct reply will give them additional attention, from your own followers and from algorithmic boosting. If simply replying to bad actors with facts and demanding decency helped in any way, they wouldn’t have gotten as relevant as they are.
There are probably ways to counter misinformation without giving the bad actors involved any additional platform.
They already have a platform. Its called Twitter.
They’ll have that platform whether or not you post a reply.
But posting a direct reply will give them additional attention, from your own followers and from algorithmic boosting.
If simply replying to bad actors with facts and demanding decency helped in any way, they wouldn’t have gotten as relevant as they are.