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Let's face it, Big Social Media's "disinformation" label is no more than "things that go against the mainstream narrative" these years.


It will always be so. The power to control information is far too tempting to not be subverted for nefarious means.


It isn't just the social media giants. It applies to most if not all the corporate giants. Google's search and YouTube, Apple news, Netflix, Disney, etc...


replace "mainstream narrative" with "X narrative" and you have a point. 'mainstream' is meaningless.


At this point, by sheer institutional volume, 'mainstream' means 'American East Coast Left-liberal'.


I think i would restrict it to "X narrative, where X is chosen from spectrum of acceptable opinion dictated by appointed board of directors, USA, inc.".


An honest label would be "unapproved".


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Why do people go through profiles and post these sorts of comments?

The parent comment is only a one sentence opinion, and I'm unsure if any additional context is required to discuss it.

I get you're pointing out OP has some colourful post history, but what does that achieve?


Ad hominem much?




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