When I saw the Mattis hero worship on the FP it reminded me of something I read a while back

Jan 8, 2019 2:38 PM

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-networks

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It just next gen psyops. Nothing as scary as they make it out to be.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I'd already assumed everyone was doing this, to be honest, with greater or lesser amounts of success.

6 years ago | Likes 19 Dislikes 1

Sadly, most won't care. To busy watching football or some reality show.

6 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

I'm not worried that social media bots exist. I'm worried that we're such idiots that it's easy to whip us into a mob.

6 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 2

OTOH I'm getting tired of fighting it with facts so I'm thinking about flipping to the dark side and running a scam myself.

6 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 2

Everyone has done this in every war using the current media, it's called propaganda.

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

mmmmm.... Not everyone. Ghengis Khan did, the romans did, but not like EVERYONE. I feel like there has to be an example of brute force war

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 2

“This article is over 7 years old”

6 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 2

Exactly

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