Jaron Lanier, referring to Trump, Musk, and Ye (aka Kanye).
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What do I think are the symptoms of Twitter poisoning? There is a childish insecurity, where before there was pride. Instead of being above it all, like traditional strongmen throughout history, the modern social media-poisoned alpha male whines and frets. This works because his followers are similarly poisoned and can relate so well.
QuoteThese observations should inform our concerns about TikTok. The most devastating way China might use TikTok is not to misdirect our elections or to prefer pro-China posts, but to generally ramp up social media disease, so as to make Americans more divided, less able to talk to one another and less able to put up a coordinated, unified front.
> followers are similarly poisoned
And his fanboys will still defend him
https://old.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/10j8pbr/and_his_fanboys_will_still_defend_him/
I replied with that because of the title --fanbois are a big part of the problem. They tend to bolster posts and give them legs. I quit the Rivian /r because the continuous fanboi cheering made it hard to find authoritative info.
>poisoned
And want the ability to continue poisoning....
Twitter pulls out of voluntary EU disinformation code - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65733969
>continue poisoning....
'Bye, bye birdie': EU bids farewell to Twitter as company pulls out of code to fight disinformation (https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/05/29/bye-bye-birdie-eu-bids-farewell-to-twitter-as-company-pulls-out-of-code-to-fight-disinform)