https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2012/7/21/1112509/-The-Gentleperson-s-Guide-to-Forum-Spies
I'm sure we're all familiar with the information above. It's been automated and weaponized for ages. It barely requires any human input anymore.
There's plenty of different types of online personas it creates too. The user who posts cat videos but sometimes dabbles in politics. The hard core lefty who gradually becomes a righty. The hard core righty who gradually becomes a lefty. "People" who post real information consistently, and then start filtering in the propaganda. And, the reverse.
It used to all be done manually. Teams of people. Some of which still function. Many in fact. But the AI has put a lot of people out of a job, or, into another one.
"ChatGPT" is a silly drop in the public bucket. We don't even have the term "discourse weapons" in the public lexicon yet. Or "data weapons". Or "Information weapons". And there's a good chance we never will. Not even TikTok is being labeled that way, even by the US legislators who want to ban it. Wonder why.
Most everything you read, watch, or hear online, is a trick. Including this. And Infact, be wary of people who tell you something like that. "Don't take my word for it, do your own research" is just a lovely little tactic to build trust and prevent someone from looking into something.
There's a place in your center. A quiet place. You can visit it if you cultivate good men and women in your life, and build strong bonds and relationships. You can cultivate a light of truth with that genuinely positive energy. It takes time, and growth. But when you find that light in the center, I guarantee you, the blinders will fall off. At least, the first set will. There are many. But bit by bit, you'll arrive at a place where you can see truth behind any lie, regardless of what it is.
It's a process. If you think you're fully there, you're not. You will never be "fully" there. And when the first bliders fall off, you'll think you are. And when the second ones fall off, you'll realize how far you still have to go.
Everything is layers. Be willing to get rid of the ones you no longer need, and look through the layers around you to see what's there. And always assume that your opponent is smarter than you are. Learn from them, stop playing their game, and make them play yours.
Make them, play your game.
Wait, what?
You didn't realise this, or are you being sarcastic? Every controlled opposition uses the phrase or a variety of it. The good ones...link you their references not just telling you to do the research LMAO
If someone tells me to do my own research, my first inclination would be to go and do some research.
Maybe I'm just old-fashion.
Yeah but now you are researching what they told you research and will use the terms they use....it's easy to control terminology and poison the well of the search by not clearly providing the sources themselves and expecting others will find the sources is not suggesting they want to educate...it's a sign they are preaching.
How is this any different or better than them providing you the source and you accepting it as the truth? And you are accepting it as the truth if you're not doing any research on your own.
Doing your own research is the best thing you could do. It's so great that the Cult of Covid warned against people doing their own research and they were lying about everything.
As a matter of fact, the article that the OP is referencing is written by commie scum who propagated the Covid lies. That's all I need to know about doing my own research.
Yeah but you need to cite your sources....research is on you yes. But they are bullshitting half the time they say it. If they dont provide references its clear they care about the 'message' not the data.
If they provide it...yes, you still need to do some work...but it's likely they are least expect people to click the links....
So you're still doing your own research then, right? You still have to go through their link, their link will provide the terminology that you claim will taint the search results, and you will use that tainted terminology to do your own research.
Either way, I don't see the difference. Sure, it's nice if they provide a link if they're asserting that their claim is true, but if someone tells me not to trust them and to do my own research, it doesn't mean that they're lying, it just means that I should find out for myself if what they're telling me is the truth. Like I said, it's some of the best advice you can get.
Technically if that's your threshold for research. You were researching when you saw the video and were told to go research it...
Seems like it's missing the point I'm making. Which is that they will use language and diversions to make you think. "Well I could go...but since they provided the data I won't since they seem trustworthy and are prompting me to look"
That applies if they provide a link or not, but the act of saying it...shouldnt need to be said.
It's a tactic they use
'If TheY saY it Must Be FaLse!"
Is the same as ....
'If TheY saY it Must Be TruE!"
so that makes Facebook & LinkedIn - where most of my network are people I actually spent time with IRL - become the most trusted platform!
Far more trusted than some I'll say that much. And I hate even saying that because they have their own things at play.
An oxymoron. What did people do prior to those platforms.
Now do you understand their agendas. Until it's metaverses. The price of everything is 3 times more. Except for the things plugging you in. They simply need far more services to operate. While everything else comes crashing down.
A complete oxymoron. What did people do before those platforms. They had more fun for sure.
But that narrative wasn't centralised
What if all of you are just chatGPT algorithms, and I am actually the only one dissenting from the corrupt new world government who wants to impale them?
Do you guys hate the government too? Or are you just generated simulations by computer processors working to entrap me?
On a more serious note, I was talking with a friend yesterday how I have given up trying to be extra nice and generous to strangers or people who do not reciprocate something of value to my life, and instead invest more into my own family and friends who I know have some sort of expressed interest in me improving my life and situation one way or another. The common theme in my discussion with him and this one is for us to stop lending our energy and time and effort to fruitless endeavors, fruitless relationships, fruitless wastes of time, etc.
As far as consensus, I never gave a shit. I have always gravitated toward what is OVERLOOKED. I always wanted to buy that music album that was awesome but everyone else overlooked. I always wanted to dress in a style that was cool and odd and out of the ordinary and trend setting. I never wanted to copycat others or fit inside a mold or be stenciled in. I never wanted to conform with anything. Not politics. Not religion. Not art. I am a rebel in my blood. I like to argue positions I do not even genuinely believe in just for argument's sake and to strenuously test what I believe to be true or incite others to test what they believe as a critical thinking exercise.
I do not get on the internet looking for friends or consensus or anything in particular. Arguing with a computer or computer generated chat discussion is mindless entertainment like playing a video game and trying to beat the computer at a game or beat the computer at chess.
Just make sure you don't waste all your days staring at computer screens and phone screens. If the sun is up and there's work to be done, do something productive. Get your hands in the soil and grow food. Raise farm animals. Slowly wean yourself AWAY from depending on corporate America or government. Build your independence. Get your own water source. Get your own energy source. Grow your own food. Secure your residence. Prepare for anything that can or will be a threat to your family's survival. And play the LONG game. Stop thinking short term.