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6. So it is social media

Reply to angrychair (Reply #3)

Wed Apr 16, 2025, 04:37 PM

Apr 2025

"The hate, distrust and misinformation on the Internet and even in our society, is on purpose." If "social media" was trying to control this, it wouldn't be social media. They are not blameless. They are just greedy corporations who are loyal to money and nothing else.

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