• vividspecter@lemm.eeEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Then: Don’t trust everything you read on the internet, and Wikipedia isn’t legitimate because anyone can edit it

    Now: Some loud moron on Youtube told me a thing and I believe it 100%.

    • barsquid@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Then: people on the internet were mostly technically adept and creating webpages because they enjoyed them.

      Now: people on the internet are mostly ad tech attention economy scams and creating LLM spam blogs for PPC revenue.

      It’s just easier now for a conspiracy loon to find something that matches their preconceived biases.