this post was submitted on 25 Aug 2024
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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] jorp@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

that's quite the theory.... does the bot somehow prevent posts from those places? were there more instances of popular posts from those places before the bot?

[–] mholiv@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I wouldn’t say it’s a theory. Just my thoughts / speculation. I would speculate that people who are pushing out RT / Alex Jones level content would be more hesitant to do so if there would be a big “this is not a reliable news source” sticker next to it.

I would speculate that people who point Alex Jones / RT stuff just hope people read the article without thinking about where it comes from.