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Dave Garland <dave.g...@wizinfo.com> writes:
>On 8/3/2018 5:02 AM, Peter Flass wrote:
>> Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:
>>> On 2018-08-02, ma...@mail.com <ma...@mail.com> wrote:
>>>> On 2018-08-02, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:
>>>>> On 2018-08-02, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <ste...@eircom.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, 1 Aug 2018 16:51:44 -0400
>>>>>> Michael Black <mbl...@pubnix.net> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It may actually be the same thing, an expectation of centralized
>>>>>>> computers taking care of everyone, instead of a whole lot of computers.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That is certainly the picture that appears in every science fiction
>>>>>> mention of computers pretty much right up until reality did something
>>>>>> different.
>>>>>
>>>>> And now, under reality v2.0, the wheel is coming around again.
>>>>> We're going back to centralized computers taking care of everyone
>>>>> (FSVO "care").  There are still lots of computers everywhere,
>>>>> but they're just being used as terminals.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Is Facebook the present reality of Eternal September (Not the site, the present
>>>> reality of the mob of people who would discover the Internet in September.)
>>>
>>> Most of the people on FB make the "eternal September" crowd look like
>>> intellectual giants.
>>>
>>>
>> 
>> Look at the accusation that the Russians meddled in the election by posting
>> bogus stuff on Favebook. Who the heck gets their political information from
>> FB??? If there are many people doing this we have a lot more problems than
>> just Russians!
>> 
>The same could be said of TV, junk mail, the National Enquirer, People 
>Magazine, my brother-in-law, etc. People get their information 
>(political or not) from what they're exposed to. And they'll absorb 
>some of it even though they're not trying to. That's how advertising 
>works.
>
>And a lot of people use Farcebook as their primary means of 
>communication with the world. Their relatives and friends are there. 
>They don't send letters any more, they do it all on Farcebook.
>
>In any case, a lot of the allegedly Russian stuff on Facebook wasn't 
>obviously "politicial", it was things like "Save the 2nd Amendment" or 
>"[insert religion here] is raping girls in [your hometown here]", 
>stuff designed to inspire fear or widen divisions. It wasn't "Vote for 
>Politician X".

Then there was Faux news and not-so-brightbart.