this post was submitted on 15 Mar 2025
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Fediverse vs Disinformation

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Pointing out, debunking, and spreading awareness about state- and company-sponsored astroturfing on Lemmy and elsewhere. This includes social media manipulation, propaganda, and disinformation campaigns, among others.

Propaganda and disinformation are a big problem on the internet, and the Fediverse is no exception.

What's the difference between misinformation and disinformation? The inadvertent spread of false information is misinformation. Disinformation is the intentional spread of falsehoods.

By equipping yourself with knowledge of current disinformation campaigns by state actors, corporations and their cheerleaders, you will be better able to identify, report and (hopefully) remove content matching known disinformation campaigns.


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Same as instance rules, plus:

  1. No disinformation
  2. Posts must be relevant to the topic of astroturfing, propaganda and/or disinformation

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[โ€“] N0t_5ure@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago

I've seen a few "buy the dip" comments in conservative circles, which is a good strategy in a bull market, as the dips are temporary. However, in a bear market you buy the dip, and then the dip of the dip, and then the dip of the dip of the dip, and the price keeps going down, and you lose more and more money. If Trump doesn't change course, and I doubt he will, then the what is now a "correction" will almost certainly slide into a bear market. Markets were high before the start of Trump's term, with Warren Buffet finding stocks overpriced.

[โ€“] echo@lemmings.world 9 points 1 day ago

Everything - 100% of absolutely everything - that Trump does is a grift.