this post was submitted on 25 Sep 2024
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Fediverse vs Disinformation

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Pointing out, debunking, and spreading awareness about state- and company-sponsored astroturfing on Lemmy and elsewhere. This includes social media manipulation, propaganda, and disinformation campaigns, among others.

Propaganda and disinformation are a big problem on the internet, and the Fediverse is no exception.

What's the difference between misinformation and disinformation? The inadvertent spread of false information is misinformation. Disinformation is the intentional spread of falsehoods.

By equipping yourself with knowledge of current disinformation campaigns by state actors, corporations and their cheerleaders, you will be better able to identify, report and (hopefully) remove content matching known disinformation campaigns.


Community rules

Same as instance rules, plus:

  1. No disinformation
  2. Posts must be relevant to the topic of astroturfing, propaganda and/or disinformation

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[–] errer@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Why wouldn’t I just deliberately fail the test?

[–] teegus@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 month ago

Straight to jail!

[–] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Good luck with that, damn thing is hard to fail.

It's not pass/fail. They test you on a bunch of different things and give you a percentile score per section and a percentile score overall. They use that to determine eligibility and which jobs you'd qualify and be best suited for. When I joined 20 years ago, you're not getting in with less than a 35, but it's probably a higher minimum score now.

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

It's been factored into the analytics. They are looking for "compliant" personalities.

Military recruitment tests are about finding the best soldiers NOT the brightest or most competent individuals.

[–] General_Shenanigans@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

You WILL be put to work, citizen. Go ahead, get lower scores. Enjoy being cannon-fodder instead of controlling a drone from the safety of base camp. Draft dodger? Well…we have a special place for people like YOU.

(Big /s, just following the idea through some of its logical steps)