Many of those spreading the conspiracies are subscribed to the Twitter Blue service, which ensures their posts are promoted more heavily in search results.
I think bouncing ideas off of each other on social media does drive them further into the rabbit hole, and leads them to ideas they might not have gotten to otherwise.
Everything is a conspiracy since the internet became a “news” source
I think the same people would think the same stuff. Just now they travel faster and wider.
I think bouncing ideas off of each other on social media does drive them further into the rabbit hole, and leads them to ideas they might not have gotten to otherwise.
One person starts saying things as a joke or as a griefer and people run with it.
That’s how the flat Earth thing got its resurgence online. It was fucking joke that got taken way too far and now has “followers” that believe it.
Trump too. The_Donald started that way.
You Can’t Stump the Trump (Volume 4).
It was all fun and games and centipedes and 420 sniper headshot dubstep memes. And then shit got real.
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And posting on the internet is like shouting into the void, except more people can hear idiots online than on their shitty AM broadcast.
Yeah, just because they’re posting it on Twitter instead of ranting on street corners doesn’t make it a news story.