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Peak social media - The Rise of Anti-Flock Influencers Who Make Things Up for Clout
How embarrassing that this is what people are doing to create viral content.
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404 MediaThe Rise of Anti-Flock Influencers Who Make Things Up for CloutInstagram influencers are creating fake cease-and-desist letters, making themselves go viral and muddying the waters about mass surveillance.Replying to @riot@slrpnk.net
Nothing on the internet is real.
Don’t feed the trolls.
I feel like if there was a dedicated class in schools worldwide, that just did nothing but teach these two things over and over again, the world would be a better place.
…Because the fundamental issue is that people are believing this guy. And feeding him. He is a troll, making cash being a troll; he cannot help himself. But the public maybe possibly can.
Replying to @brucethemoose@lemmy.world
That has been my go to for a long time, but then you get people upset and demanding mods censor words and view points and of course advertisers pumping real money to people in exchange for hosting content. So it makes a mess of things :/