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I would blame the "social" media, on the old internet they had barely any visibility. Now that we have the blame let's talk about the punishment.
by crabette 1mo ago
I would blame the "social" media, on the old internet they had barely any visibility.
Now that we have the blame let's talk about the punishment.
- ceejayoz 1mo ago> I would blame the "social" media, on the old internet they had barely any visibility. They managed to get plenty of visibility long before computers. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-50713991 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-50713991 > There followed a 100-year battle between the authorities and an often sceptical, sometimes aggressive, public. In Britain, a succession of laws made vaccinations free, then compulsory - backed by fines and even imprisonment. While riots flared in some towns, there was also more restrained opposition in the form of anti-vaccination leagues. For an increasingly literate population, pamphlets were produced with titles like "Vaccination: its fallacies and evils", "Vaccination, a Curse" and the suitably Gothic "Horrors of Vaccination".
- crabette 1mo agoI do not disagree, but I don't remember antivax to be visible in pre-facebook internet either, so I only blame it for ~current wave
- renegade-otter 1mo agoPre-facebook, the barrier of entry was high enough that only fairly educated, students, and the nerds were driving the content. Once the barrier came down and the floodgates of "average intelligence" were opened, it was over.
- crabette 1mo agoNope, the move from nerd to professional publishing was around 1996, many years before "social".
- bluGill 1mo agoIt was there, and growing for decades. Pre Facebook it was a small niche but don't blame Facebook, that is mostly coincidence
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