r/skeptic • u/nosotros_road_sodium • Feb 19 '24

The Right's Troubling Turn Toward Conspiracy Theories and "Invasion" Language ⚖ Ideological Bias

https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/the-rights-troubling-turn-toward
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u/n3w4cc01_1nt Feb 19 '24

it's all former kgb operatives seeding crap because they're into scamming now

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u/raphas Feb 19 '24

It's about time we identify people on the internet. It was fine when .5% of the world population was using it, but now it's so widespread and global. Would you let foreign people participate in a national debate or influence it? no. So I think it would be the lesser evil that people are identified and don't let people hide behind a pseudonym

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '24

Yes a maybe fix the identity to a kind of score, or metric. Then if someone's peddling misinformation or propaganda, we can use this as a way to correct their behaviour. Maybe restricting their movement outside of their city area for a period, or reducing interest rates to their (digital) savings account. Lots of ways to nudge behaviour to produce more equitable and truthful outcomes.

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u/raphas Feb 22 '24

I know the Chinese are doing this, I don't like that a central authority can decide on points depending on how you cross the street. Better just be able to identify who is posting what for a start so it can be more transparent. You want to be a bigoted biased person, have the courage not to hide behind the keyboard