Most of us know by now that many popular online forums are plagued with bots, some more advanced than others.
I propose that they are not only participating in existing debates but creating entirely new debates and re-kindling old ones, such as with the flat earth idiocy.
What if the goal of alphabet agency X is to test its advanced AI to see how well it can influence online debate, change opinions, and get people to waste their time. starting from a completely ridiculous foundation such as 'flat earth'?
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metism ago
What other "conspiracy theories" are there that have reached out to so many other kinds of online forums? Just doing a search for "flat earth" on Reddit shows results in a variety of subs, such as r/nba, environment, funny, videos, gaming, comics, EverythingScience, and others.
Granted, some of these are parodies but these discussions have HUNDREDS of comments and upvotes. What matters more than the content of the posts is what it gets people to think about.
I used to think is was a CHIA tool to demoralize society but the more comments I read from flat earth supporters the more unreal they seem. Like they're not exactly human.
jesus_is_lord ago
most flat earthers are or will be Christian, if you don't understand Christianity (which you obviously don't) you will never understand the global Conspiracy, so from now on you should just stop reading and posting anything in the conspiracy forums
metism ago
umm.. you sound like a bot.
jesus_is_lord ago
it is saying something, just not to you cause you're either clueless or a shill, but i'm not just talking to you, i'm talking to everyone who will be reading it :)