What Can You Trust On The Internet?

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by OldDude49, Jan 25, 2020.


  1. OldDude49

    OldDude49 Just n old guy

    If ya scroll down some you will find several articles on how online manipulation seems to work...

    all these are listed in the article...

    got the info here... and some suggest how you can get more views if your doing such things

    What Can You Trust On The Internet?

    What is Online Manipulation?
    The Internet Knows You Better Than Your Spouse Does
    Scientific American


    How Does the YouTube Algorithm Work? A Guide to Getting More Views
    Hootsuite Blog


    Understanding Facebook’s Algorithm Could Change How You See Yourself
    The New Republic


    Online Manipulation: Hidden Influences in a Digital World
    Susser, Roessler, & Nissenbaum, SSRN


    Five Generations of Online Manipulation: The Evolution of Advanced Persistent Manipulators
    Foreign Policy Research Institute


    How Can Online Manipulation Personally Affect Me?
    The Making of a YouTube Radical
    New York Times


    Dear Tech Companies: I Don’t Want to See Baby Ads After My Child was Stillborn
    Washington Post


    On YouTube’s Digital Playground, an Open Gate for Pedophiles
    New York Times


    YouTube Extremism and the Long Tail
    The Atlantic

    How YouTube Radicalized Brazil
    New York Times


    Google’s Algorithm For Detecting Hate Speech Is Racially Biased
    MIT Tech Review


    How Does Online Manipulation Work?
    This Is How You’re Being Manipulated
    Gizmodo


    How YouTube Pushes Viewers Towards Extremism
    Fortune


    Netflix’s The Great Hack Brings Our Data Nightmare To Life
    Wired


    What You Don’t Know About How Facebook Uses Your Data
    New York Times


    Google Directing People to Extreme Content and Conspiracy Theories
    Sky News


    How YouTube Drives People to the Internet’s Darkest Corners
    Wall Street Journal


    What Are Social Media Platforms Doing About It?
    The Fight for the Future of YouTube
    The New Yorker


    Beyond Fixing Facebook
    Free Press


    YouTube Executives Ignored Warnings, Letting Toxic Videos Run Rampant
    Bloomberg News


    YouTube Tweaked Algorithm to Appease FTC But Creators are Worried
    Bloomberg News


    Yes, we’re being manipulated on the internet. Yes, it’s an alarming problem. Yes, there is something you can do about it. Step One: Educate yourself. Step Two: Help educate others. Feel free to share this reading list with your friends and family.

    Thank you,
    Jen Caltrider, Stress Baker
     
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  2. oil pan 4

    oil pan 4 Monkey+++

    Survival monkey.
     
  3. Merkun

    Merkun furious dreamer

    And, hopefully, yourself. The main point is paying attention and looking for misdirections.
     
  4. snake6264

    snake6264 Combat flip flop douchebag

    About 1% so far in my experience the rest hokum and malarkey
     
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  5. DKR

    DKR Raconteur of the first stripe

    Simple answer...nothing.

    (first answer posted via a tablet while bicycling - on a stationary bicycle)

    What is that old saw
    Believe half of what you see and none of what you hear (or see on TV/web/in newspapers)


    Source of this quote - well before the current wave of Fake NEws.-

    The short story “The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether” by Edgar Allan Poe appeared in the November 1845 issue of “Graham’s Magazine”. The tale was set in a private hospital for the mentally ill, and the adage was spoken by the nominal head of the institution.

    “You are young yet, my friend,” replied my host, “but the time will arrive when you will learn to judge for yourself of what is going on in the world, without trusting to the gossip of others. Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see.

    EA Poe - the dude was all that even back then.
     
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  6. HK_User

    HK_User A Productive Monkey is a Happy Monkey

    Algorithms can also be your friend in the real world as well as the internet.

    Recently I received a email, by using a Algorithm I could access the real or worthless value of the text.

    In this it was easy to spot the work of a troll. The opening was the usual misdirection of a troll wanting to change direction and misdirect the post's subject matter.

    The middle was the usual oh so sweet compliment this to sweeten the end to come.

    The last was the general troll style of "Your not worth a dump in the outhouse and I am so much better than you, go away".

    Now part of this can indicate the senders back ground as the format follows the old timers "management" of a review of recruit or employee that usually pi$$es of the interviewer.

    There you have it a millennial will do it a bit different for they missed old style management 101 but it is pretty much the same.

    Other formats you can ID by dissecting the length of each section.

    Try it on any post that is suspect and you will see the format seldom changes, thus the Algorithm can indicate a scum bag or maybe just a confused individual. Of course the track record of the continued format will be the deciding factor of who you might want to ignore.
     
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  7. VisuTrac

    VisuTrac Ваша мать носит военные ботинки Site Supporter+++

    Survival Monkey and Porn.
    But with all things. Trust but verify.
     
  8. sec_monkey

    sec_monkey SM Security Administrator

    the 1st, yep, fer the most part, the 2nd, negative, ya cannot trust em .. ..

    lol lol

    Trust but verify no longer werks .. .. jus sayn
     
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  9. VisuTrac

    VisuTrac Ваша мать носит военные ботинки Site Supporter+++

    Oh I trust those are real boobs … but I must verify first.
     
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  10. sec_monkey

    sec_monkey SM Security Administrator

    [LMAO] [lolol]
     
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  11. chelloveck

    chelloveck Diabolus Causidicus

    As much as I love many of my SM confreres, it seems at times that as much BS gets spread about as useful and factual information. Many are the times that I have fact checked truth claims, blithely copied and pasted into threads here, only shocked to find that those claims were factually incorrect. Some folk have an inexhaustible capacity for regurgitating garbage from other online sources merely because it agrees with their own confirmation biases....some sources, such as WingNut Daily News can be virtually discounted, even without fact checking.
     
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  12. VisuTrac

    VisuTrac Ваша мать носит военные ботинки Site Supporter+++

    That's where the verify part comes in. One becomes a pawn without research. Thus my insistence on determining if the mammillary glands are real or fake.
     
  13. Ura-Ki

    Ura-Ki Grampa Monkey

    In God we trust, all others are subject to scrutney! Truer words were never spoken says me!
    With the ease of "adjustment" and the ability to change, add, or simply make shit up and spread it all over, a person has to do all their own research to find what truth may be hidden amongst the crap!
    It's kind of fun, but mostly a P.I.A.
     
  14. Witch Doctor 01

    Witch Doctor 01 Mojo Maker

    Reminds me of the old sign over the bar...
    In God we trust... all others pay cash....
     
  15. chelloveck

    chelloveck Diabolus Causidicus

    It's not so much the degree of trust in god that concerns me: As a skeptic of theistic truth claims, its those who claim to be his agents, speaking on his behalf that get my ' credulity / trust antennae on high alert; and my coin purse, billfold, and chequebook secured firmly and deeply in my pockets: Prosperity gospel scammers in particular!
     
    Last edited: Jan 25, 2020
  16. Oddcaliber

    Oddcaliber Monkey+++

    Agreed, I check at least 3 different sources before I make a decision about its validly.
     
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  17. 3M-TA3

    3M-TA3 Cold Wet Monkey

    The only one you can trust on the Internet is me! Just send me all your banking and personal info and I will keep it completely safe from all evil doers for a nominal recurring fee. Send inquiries to
    imanigerianprince [ at ] trustme forreals [ dot ] ru.

    Truth on the Internet requires checking of many different sources making sure that you have balance in political viewpoints. Then, break down the information and treat it like a Venn diagram. What all information sources have in common might be true. Might be...

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