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.
iDontShift ago
i'm human. i accuse you of being a schill of misinformation... or someone who hasn't done their own research.
i argued with flat earthers on steemit.com .. and found them to be dismissive of any information i asked them to discuss. they yelled at me, they called me names, they downvoted me. but they did not discuss the facts.
some facts i've found that convinced me:
gyroscopes don't move. they would on a moving planet because they maintain their plane.
suez canal is 100 miles and completely flat. globe earth says there would be 80 feet of drop.
this guy, eric dubay has a mountain of proofs that i tested myself. didn't go thru all of them, but many, and found confirmation.
the major story is all the 'flat earthers' that are bots, they are schills they are making it seem that you have talked to one, but you haven't, you talk to a schill that made you think they where crazy. i know because 9 out of 10 videos about flat earth are in fact lies. i chanced upon a true one, that really pointed it out.
i was researching the eclipse, i'm good at holding 3d models in my head, and couldn't figure out the path of the eclipse. on the globe it does a freaking wave type path, in the flat earth model it goes in a circle. which do you think is correct?
also the 200 foot wall of ice that is antarctica is not a small continent, it surrounds us, and i found people that tried to explore it and ended up spending 1.5 years sailing 'around' it...
whatever, are you even real i dunno, but here it is, my proof. there is plenty more.
how do you tell the real flat earthers from the fake? i dunno, tons of research... that is what i did and do.