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minus-squareyucandu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up35arrow-down1·2 days agoMe in 2006: “Guys I’m worried about the internet.” “Why? The internet is great. It’s Youtube and funny cat videos and Newgrounds and stuff.” “Yeah but it’s a wide open propaganda hole with no restrictions. Eventually someone’s gonna take advantage of that.” “Like who?” “I dunno, Russia? China?” and everyone did the opposite of clapped, everyone laughed.
minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-21 day agoI am guilty of this. It turns out “self healing” is no match for attention optimization.
minus-squareHeadofthebored @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoCome on in. The bullshit’s fine.
minus-squareAqarius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoThe joke is thinking it took Russia and China to take advantage of it.
Me in 2006: “Guys I’m worried about the internet.”
“Why? The internet is great. It’s Youtube and funny cat videos and Newgrounds and stuff.”
“Yeah but it’s a wide open propaganda hole with no restrictions. Eventually someone’s gonna take advantage of that.”
“Like who?”
“I dunno, Russia? China?”
and everyone did the opposite of clapped, everyone laughed.
I am guilty of this.
It turns out “self healing” is no match for attention optimization.
Come on in. The bullshit’s fine.
The joke is thinking it took Russia and China to take advantage of it.