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People are manipulating you on Facebook

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    TimesThreeTheHighest
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    Isn't that what most people do on social media? Even on forums like this? Try to manipulate each other? I know I'm guilty of it sometimes as well.

    Isn't that what most people do on social media? Even on forums like this? Try to manipulate each other? I know I'm guilty of it sometimes as well.

    1. cfabbro
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      There is a significant difference between individual people trying to influence others on social media through genuine human interaction and expressions of opinion, to what Destin discusses in the...

      There is a significant difference between individual people trying to influence others on social media through genuine human interaction and expressions of opinion, to what Destin discusses in the video, which is well funded, highly organized groups (both State and non-State) making concerted efforts using fake accounts, bots and other underhanded methods to essentially weaponize social media platforms to serve their own ends.

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