Sorry, I wasn't explaining myself well.
Just because a story isn't factually true, doesn't mean that it has no value, or negative value. There are other types of values which can supersede factual value:
Truth isn't always about facts. Sometimes factual statements can be used as a weapon of deceit.
The only winning move is to not play. /s
"I'd buy that for a[n upvote]!"
The ketchup as a vegetable controversy stemmed from proposed regulations of school lunches by the USDA's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS)
in 1981
Mate, your hot take is older than my dad.
On September 25, 1981, President Reagan withdrew the original regulations proposed by the Food and Nutrition Service due in part to the sharp criticism from the opposition
Wow, this hot take has gone cold. Send it back.
Me: Here's my reasoning along with supporting evidence.
You: You're still assuming from nothing.
I'm not convinced. You've made several claims, and maybe it's obvious to you as to why it's hard for corporations to infect the fediverse, but not to me. I'm probably too smooth brained to see it.
Here is Phil Jamesson using the behaviour of Reddit and the upvote system to get to the top of /r/videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69bFOYklP-E
What is stopping the marketing team of a corporation to influence the fediverse using similar and more advanced techniques? Lemmy uses an upvote system. Why can't it be abused like Reddit's system?
I've already seen several examples of small scale brigading. I can't mention examples because it would immediately make this post another target.
As long as it’s not run by corporations there’s no problem.
Just because the fediverse doesn't have sponsorships doesn't mean corporations aren't interested in poisoning the well. Anyone could be a bad actor. Heck, it could be anyone. I could be a corporate shill and you'd never know.
Wikipedia runs on donations. Does that mean that outside entities aren't interested in biased editing?
That's the secret, it's not.
Let me be more blunt.
The only way to be a real communist is to actually act out the philosophy, rather than be all talk.
making art is not like a regular job
Working as an artist still has deadlines, requires working within constraints, and you have to negotiate with clients and suppliers.
Unless you don't need to sell your art for a living, then yeah, you can do whatever you want. But that applies to any activity.
Very small. In fact, the test subjects happened to have the same names as the researchers. What a coincidence.