I call it the barbell curve. Not much happening in the middle; all the
action at the ends. Inverse of the bell curve.
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On Sun, Oct 6, 2024 at 8:13 PM Forrest Christian (List Account) <
[email protected]> wrote:
> In social media, "the algorithm" is tuned to encourage engagement, and
> nothing encourages engagement like extreme viewpoints. The middle part of
> that bell curve is way too boring, so it doesn't get amplified like the
> edges.
>
> Mainstream media tends to exploit this as well.
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 6, 2024, 3:59 PM Robert <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I like to call it the bell curve problem.. The edges of the bell curve
>> where the extreme are getting way too much influence in today's world...
>>
>> On 10/6/24 1:22 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote:
>>
>> Each side seems to collect a certain number of the "unique" people. The
>> right seems to collect the conspiracy theory non-critical thinkers. The
>> left seems to collect the rediculous to the extreme social justice warrior
>> types. And both sides collect few other groups with extreme viewpoints.
>>
>> Then, each side claims that the other side solely consists of those
>> extreme views. Both sides say "ain't no way we want those nut jobs in
>> power". Which is 100% correct... if you include both side's nut jobs into
>> the statement.
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 6, 2024, 12:16 PM <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> I am happy being a deplorable “junk” person I guess. Not given to
>>> conspiracy theories. So sad to learn that I don’t have critical thinking
>>> skills. Who knew?
>>>
>>> *From:* Darin Steffl
>>> *Sent:* Saturday, October 5, 2024 11:10 PM
>>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] intersection of technical and political
>>>
>>> It makes sense that people who believe lies and conspiracies are more
>>> likely to be scammed than people who have critical thinking skills. Truth
>>> Social is filled with junk posts by junk people so if I were a scammer, I'd
>>> focus all my time there too.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Oct 5, 2024 at 10:00 PM Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> No comment (and that should say it all).
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Oct 5, 2024 at 12:00 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> We try to avoid discussing politics here, and yes, no good can come
>>>>> from that.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> But it was inevitable that technical and politics would intersect. I
>>>>> didn’t expect to see it on Gizmodo though.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> If you have elderly relatives or friends who hang out on Truth Social,
>>>>> give them the usual public service announcement to watch out for scams.
>>>>> Apparently Truth Social is viewed as a target rich environment for
>>>>> scammers.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> https://gizmodo.com/truth-social-users-are-losing-ridiculous-sums-of-money-to-scams-2000506604
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