Bard spotting on Bluesky 09 November 2024

Mike Masnick (@mmasnick.bsky.social):

I said on the podcast yesterday that I don't think "disinformation" had that big an impact on the election. What did was a huge portion of the populace just ignoring all news because there's just too much, and it's too much work to figure out what's legit. This seems to agree...

The Media and Democracy Project (@mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social):

But that's the point of disinformation.

Pawel Popiel (@ppopiel.bsky.social):

I think that's the point of a collapsing news media business model rather than disinformation. Obviously voters believed a lot of false claims, but the readiness to believe them is likely more of a crisis of institutional trust (and anti-elite sentiment) than disinformation.

Brooke (@brooklynmarie.bsky.social):

That's part of a disinformation attack, though, you see

Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

Deceive / Overwhelm. Con artist tactics. It's not best that the mark believe a lie; it's best that the mark give up on finding the truth.

KP (@philly66.bsky.social):

👆 This. These con artists know the majority of people are inherently lazy and don't want to take the time to do their research.