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Ricki Yasha Tarr Nov 14, 2024

Someone (who chose not to be tagged in this post) asked this question:

How are some of us aware and appalled that this (misinformation) is happening and others just go all in with the conspiracies?

What do you all think? What makes the difference?

Please refrain from just calling people stupid, I know it can definitely feel that way, but we can do better than that.

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Henry Staples

@RickiTarr i remember always turning and reading the weird news in the city paper dc first back in the day. It was an attention span issue, looking for something thrilling that required no thought and was no harm to me, personally. I think that is one of the use cases for these types of stories. The concepts grab attention and then some can't turn away.