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I've been downvoted to shit this morning for daring to question this apeshit conspiracy theory, so for many it's dead serious. They've been blowing up my inbox with angry replies.
I would just ignore the inbox. It has become so cheap to create automated fake accounts that what you see on the internet doesn't reflect reality. On well-funded platforms like Reddit these misinformation bots need to at least act like rational individuals, but claiming to be a far-left liberal is enough for free reign on Lemmy.
It sucks, but the Internet is still adapting to this new technology. I try not to let perceived peer pressure determine anything about me.
Are they really bots? I'm thinking it's mostly just really stupid people. But who knows.
Some are bots, but others are real people that were influenced by the bots . The Asch Conformity Experiments suggest that up to 35% of the population will adopt what they perceive to be the majority opinion.
-Wikepedia
That's ... Sad.
It makes sense, our inputs are imperfect and our brains are always interpreting and correcting. As a social species we use other people's perceptions as another error correction method. We missee, mishear, misread, misremember… regularly
Yeah, I guess I'm weird because while I'm definitely influenceable, I cannot see a world where I just swallow unlikely "facts" just because some people say them confidently. Unless those people are experts in a field or something, which is pretty opposite to online randos.
Wow! Do you wear pants?