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So what. This isn't a Facebook problem. It's an education and gullibility problem. There should be a class in the every high schools history department the ex

So what. This isn't a Facebook problem. It's an education and gullibility problem. There should be a class in the every high schools history department the explains propaganda and gossip.

HumblyTossed 6y ago
> There should be a class in the every high schools history department the explains propaganda and gossip. It wouldn't help. Facebook and other social media outlets are geared to giving you more of what you click. Happen to click a few far Z-Wing posts? You'll get more. Once a pattern develops they feed you what you click most so that you'll stay engaged. No amount of high schooling will prepare people for that. The _only_ way to fight it is to actively disengage.
- goatinaboat 6y ago
  The insidious thing is: if you post a rebuttal to some assertion, all Facebook sees is that you engaged with that content. So it will show you more and more. You will become exhausted with the arguments and when your guard is down: ads
fluffernutter 6y ago
> This isn't a Facebook problem This is most certainly a problem Facebook created, however. Blaming the public for "not knowing how to use nukes better" while still building and cramming nukes in their inboxes is just ridiculous and it's time for this charade to end.
triceratops 6y ago
Obviously, because students pay full and complete attention in high school history class. And remember what they learned for the rest of their lives. /s Also this doesn't help the majority of the population that is older than high school age. Propaganda is done because it works.
drapery 6y ago
Why is it that people default to a class in highschool as the solution to our societal problems? Poor financial literacy = HS tax class Misinformation on social media = HS propaganda class Teens can't deal with their emotions = HS yoga class Also we read Animal Farm and we talked about propaganda in history classes. Another class just for Facebook is not the solution.

So what. This isn't a Facebook problem. It's an education and gullibility problem. There should be a class in the every high schools history department the explains propaganda and gossip.

HumblyTossed 6y ago

> There should be a class in the every high schools history department the explains propaganda and gossip. It wouldn't help. Facebook and other social media outlets are geared to giving you more of what you click. Happen to click a few far Z-Wing posts? You'll get more. Once a pattern develops they feed you what you click most so that you'll stay engaged. No amount of high schooling will prepare people for that. The _only_ way to fight it is to actively disengage.

goatinaboat 6y ago
The insidious thing is: if you post a rebuttal to some assertion, all Facebook sees is that you engaged with that content. So it will show you more and more. You will become exhausted with the arguments and when your guard is down: ads

fluffernutter 6y ago

> This isn't a Facebook problem This is most certainly a problem Facebook created, however. Blaming the public for "not knowing how to use nukes better" while still building and cramming nukes in their inboxes is just ridiculous and it's time for this charade to end.

triceratops 6y ago

Obviously, because students pay full and complete attention in high school history class. And remember what they learned for the rest of their lives. /s Also this doesn't help the majority of the population that is older than high school age. Propaganda is done because it works.

drapery 6y ago

Why is it that people default to a class in highschool as the solution to our societal problems? Poor financial literacy = HS tax class Misinformation on social media = HS propaganda class Teens can't deal with their emotions = HS yoga class Also we read Animal Farm and we talked about propaganda in history classes. Another class just for Facebook is not the solution.