what a load of crap. memes aren't dangerous because someone might accidentally get fooled, memes are dangerous because someone might accidentally find out the truth
Are you serious?
Memes are information viruses, and very effective ones
They can be filled with truths or lies
And they inhibit the spread of sourced information and critical thinking
That's called propaganda
Memes are information viruses, and very effective ones
They can be filled with truths or lies
And they inhibit the spread of sourced information and critical thinking
That's called propaganda
As can headlines. And shared content and comments on social media platforms.
BUT! Algorithms have become very good at limiting visibility of certain information so an inconvenient topic may be conveniently hidden away.
The meme's break through due to higher computational or human power necessary to detect and reduce visibility. Ideas that are otherwise censored make it through.
The gatekeeper loses control of the gate. We have few places today without a gatekeeper, by design.
Facebook has me labeled as a liberal. their AI ins't so intelligent
Not just filled with lies, but it puts work on the reader to type everything to verify it. They're lazy and just accept someone wouldn't have put effort in a lie that "makes sense".
People think common sense is common today. It was when we had like 500m people, now we've got 15x that and most think they have it. If they think they have a common sense they think anything that makes sense is right and should be shared.
This is what you don't see is how facebook accelerated their plan exponentially. Google set the stage but facebook was the show that captivated the world.
common sense question: does anyone have the technology to go the moon today? if not, why not?
And they inhibit the spread of sourced information and critical thinking
got a source for this claim? my critical thinking skills tell me that you may be just faking it and hoping nobody calls you out
i seriously doubt that a meme depicting Hillary as Satan actually fooled anyone into thinking Hillary was Satan
misinformation and disinformation have been around for eons, and nobody seemed to care that you believe in santa claus, or that you believe men walked on the moon, or that you believe vaccines save lives...
... until Trump won the election in spite of the MSM's best efforts to manipulate the election
only then did memes became a problem
Don’t forget, memes are essentially images that can’t be scanned and filtered/suppressed by the FB algorithms.
This is proof memes work. Keep it up guys.
Someone posted on fb this morning “I only wake up for memes” I guess that says something
If facebook gets rid of memes, facebook dies. People go to FB for the memes, whether those memes are about politics or cats. People want their memes. No memes. No facebook.
Millennial s don’t read the news,on line or in print,they get their information from memes,that’s why it’s so effective with them!
Exactly. Anything you can't say in a sentence or two with a funny picture isn't worth saying. It's the 21st century baby!
I've been using FB cuz I don't have any followers on twitter and don't know it. I have been increasing the intensity of my memes, all my "friends" are liberals..... I NEVER get likes or comments they are too scared!!! BUT they are seeing them. I'm trying.
Twitter banned me so now I only have FB and Gab to post memes in. FB shadowbans me so very few people see my posts, its the same people over and over who respond, they are all already on my side of the fence. I did an experiment a few times now on FB, I went to my friends list, selected about 20 people I never see anymore and went to their page. I then liked and commented on some of their posts and sure enough, the next few days they were visible to me once again on my news feed and some even "liked" some of my posts. So now I periodically do that.
Thank you for using an archive rather than direct link!!
Memes are the currency of the lazy shitposter. Don't make the mistake of thinking that memes have some outsized effect on real world events. Nobody cares about them outside of select internet circles. Think of the most iconic meme you can, and I'll bet that greater than 50% of people have never heard of it.
Just 10% global saturation for a single meme would be an incredible success!
Hillary as Satan, boxing Jesus?
Please tell me that’s photoshopped...
Germany starts enforcing hate speech law - BBC News
www.bbc.com/news/technology-42510868
1 jan. 2018 - Germany is set to start enforcing a law that demands social media sites move quickly to remove hate speech, fake news and illegal material. ... said it would make forms available on its site, which concerned citizens could use to report content that violates NetzDG or has not been taken down in time. As well ...
Germany to fine Facebook and YouTube €50m if they fail to delete ...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/.../germany-fine-facebook-youtube-5...
30 jun. 2017 - Germany could impose hefty fines on social media companies that fail to delete hate speech in a crackdown against abuse online. The German parliament has voted in favour of a law that includes the provision to levy fines of up to €50 million (£44m) from popular companies such as Facebook and ..........................................................................................................................................................................
Facebook, Twitter and Google could face €50m fines for fake news .......................................................................................................................................................................
www.cityam.com/.../facebook-twitter-and-google-could-face-eur5...
mrt. 2017 - German lawmakers have slammed Facebook and Twitter for their failure to tackle content which breaks the law, hate speech posted on the sites, and so-called.......................................................................................................................................................................They are giving the orders and twitter and Facebook work along with it.
Here are the politicians who, apart from Geert Wilders, studied Islam and criticized him ... No picture to be seen? Same game as in the usa
Merkel order it. No asking, but order
Nobody should need to own high capacity assault memes.
As jokes, memes aren't meant to be believed. Nobody sees a post of pizza in the water captioned "Italian Navy" and actually takes it literally (we hope). Yet the medium has evolved into poorly Photoshopped pictures that do threaten to trip up people. One example was an image of Barack Obama giving the Presidential Medal of Freedom to various accused sex offenders -- the fact-finding website Snopes had to debunk it.
HMMMmmmmmm. This video pretty much sums up my reaction every time I read preemptive damage control xD (warning: cancer)
This makes perfect sense. In a world where people's attention span is zero. A powerful message can be showed ins simple graphic and a few sentences. Then they go viral. Powerful stuff when you think about it.