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"Suggested" Facebook Disinfo (Moon Landing Hoax Page) (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago by pinballcartwheel@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
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I still have a FB account since it's the only contact I have these days with a lot of my highschool friends. I logged in earlier today and saw this "NASA is a hoax" garbage in my "suggested" feed.

There's nothing in my history to suggest I have any interest in conspiracy theories. My friends are probably right-leaning on average (I'm from a small town in the south - so it goes), but I clicked and none of them are in that group. So I'm sort of assuming this is promoted. Joy.

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[-] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 71 points 9 months ago

What is the square supposed to be proving? That astronauts can put objects somewhere and they'll stay there in zero g? That's pretty much how zero g works.

[-] EvilLootbox@lemmy.world 26 points 9 months ago

Questioning how they have fresh fruit in space maybe? Without knowing anything about the logistics I don't think it's improbable, I'm sure lots of what's at my local grocery had been sitting in boats and trucks and warehouses for a good month before I see it.

[-] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 23 points 9 months ago

They grow plants on the ISS

[-] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 23 points 9 months ago

I doubt those plants are orange and apple trees tho.

[-] Thann@lemmy.ml 5 points 9 months ago

The orange slice appears to be balanced on its peel the way it would in gravity. But the ppl probably just placed it that way because that's what they're used to

[-] bizzle@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

Why would you put the part you're going to eat on your yucky ol' space table? They put the peel side down because they're not maniacs.

[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

I think you need to be a BIT of a maniac to strap yourself onto a rocket and blast off into space.

[-] Thann@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

Why would you put any part on the table when it could simply float 🤔

[-] Clusterfck@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 9 months ago

There’s a clip that regularly goes around the internet of an astronaut doing something like drinking a glass of water and they just let it go and are shocked when it drops. I’m sure the same thing happens in space when they set something down and not perfectly still and it kind of floats away.

[-] bizzle@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Alright fine 😂

[-] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

It's literally a picture taken on the space station.

[-] Spot@startrek.website 40 points 9 months ago

I should be sleeping, instead I'm reverse image searching and found this on a related pic

The six-member Expedition 61 crew is gathered for a meal iss061e112462 (Dec. 31, 2019)

The six-member Expedition 61 crew is gathered together inside the Zvezda service module for a New Year's Eve meal

Think if it was a hoax, you'd spend a lil more on your PR team to spread it around with a catchier story.

[-] MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Sounds like some round earth propaganda to me

[-] ItsAFake@lemmus.org 32 points 9 months ago

flatearth friendly

I like that they have to add that.

I hope it's because of some weird Facebook war no one in the real world knew about.

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 19 points 9 months ago

Facebook suggestions are based on nothing in my experience. It's all clickbait and bullshit. The worst part is that there's no way to turn this crap off.

[-] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 8 points 9 months ago

The worst part is that there's no way to turn this crap off.

I mean... I'm not seeing it anymore...

[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

I suppose that advertisers pick some parameters like geography, age, groups before starting the campaign.

[-] MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Easiest way to get rid of this spam when you're on Facebook mobile is go down to the bottom of the screen and flick up with your thumb. You should see your app launcher. Then flick up with your thumb on the window.

[-] OpenStars@startrek.website 9 points 9 months ago

They presume that anyone still on Facebook these days could be a potential convert? :-P (/s)

[-] AstridWipenaugh@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

I traveled to North Carolina for work recently. The ads I got on my phone were off the deep end. Gun stores, FJB apparel, and all manner of right wing nonsense. I don't get any of that stuff when I'm using cell data in my town.

[-] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 2 points 9 months ago

I logged into FB via TOR and every other post was pushing thot-fans pages at me. Crazy absurd they'll allow pushing anything. Such a dumpster fire website.

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