SneeringAnswer t1_jayowgs wrote on March 5, 2023 at 2:21 AM

Reply to comment by messengerkindaguy in On Facebook, Visual Misinfo Widespread. In the runup to the 2020 U.S. Presidential election visual misinformation was widespread across the platform, and that it was highly asymmetric across party lines, with right-leaning images five to eight times more likely to be misleading. by Wagamaga

"For every viral meme talking about how college debt is a capitalist scam, there were 5 to 8 viral memes about how covid vaccines will turn you gay then shoot your dog"

AutomaticOrange4417 t1_jayq6m9 wrote on March 5, 2023 at 2:32 AM

Not a fair comparison. College debt is a capitalist scam.

6763497asda t1_jb08k42 wrote on March 5, 2023 at 12:59 PM

It is not a comparison actually he is just talking about the length of propaganda and the scams which are present on the Facebook.

He is not saying that one thing is better than the other.

newroll121aa t1_jazckix wrote on March 5, 2023 at 5:59 AM

And the most f***** up thing about it is that many people would actually believe it.

Of course that is not the how things work but people will believe everything that they see on the internet.