But, but, but … what about the “silent majority”?
From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Bill Prince Sent: Monday, October 7, 2024 7:54 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] intersection of technical and political I call it the barbell curve. Not much happening in the middle; all the action at the ends. Inverse of the bell curve. -- bp part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com On Sun, Oct 6, 2024 at 8:13 PM Forrest Christian (List Account) <[email protected] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: No comment (and that should say it all). -- bp part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com On Sat, Oct 5, 2024 at 12:00 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected] <mailto:[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 -- AF mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- Darin Steffl Minnesota WiFi www.mnwifi.com <http://www.mnwifi.com/> 507-634-WiFi Like us on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi> _____ -- AF mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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