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trosso19 | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Almost all of the content on the internet is made by bots and curated to manipulate the public who mostly gets information from the internet rather than generating content
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Companion | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 🤔 so like, we are typically consuming things from bots rather than humans? And a majority of us are consumers rather than producers?
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trosso19 | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Yes. Most people just read/watch stuff on the internet. This creates an opportunity for big tech/the government to fill the internet with bullshit to psyop the average user into believing whatever they want them to believe
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Companion | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 👀 that's cray cray...and makes sense. I try to minimize on empty digital calories. Carl Marci's Rewired goes deep into the psychology of it too, if you're interested.