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greatwave1 | 1 year ago

"alter the mindset of the population" is such a vague boogeyman. Literally anyone with an internet connection has the capability to "alter the mindset of the population".

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afavour|1 year ago

Not at scale. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not hysterical about it, but to me it seems indisputable that media companies (and this covers TV companies, newspaper companies when you go back far enough) have the ability to alter how a significant section of the population feel about a topic. A single person with an internet connection does not have the same power.

greatwave1|1 year ago

Yes at scale. There are individuals who run social media accounts that reach hundreds of millions of people every month.

You can amass more reach and influence than many of the biggest TV stations / newspapers of the previous generation with nothing more than an internet connection.