Context: I am used to the right wing propaganda/ misinformation that is on Twitter.

What is surprising to me is the amount of Mastodon left wing influencers who mislead or say very illogical stuff that please their followers.

I had even seen people with high degrees who engage in this misinformation or encourage it, I replied to some of them to tell them the fallacies in their posts and to their credit some of them issued a clarification or deleted their posts, but most of them don’t even reply or address the issues in their posts.

All of that lead me to the following probable conclusions:

  • They are just saying what will get them more followers/ publicity.
  • They are undetected targeted bots.
  • They truly believe in what they are saying and don’t want to discuss it, which is weird considering the context.

Does anyone have any insight into this?

    • 101@feddit.orgOPEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      This is a toot from the current popular toots on Mastodon.

      • Cralder@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        2 months ago

        What is misleading about this? This is clearly just a personal opinion. Just because you don’t agree doesn’t mean it is misleading.

      • Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world
        9·
        2 months ago

        That’s a radical position. I support social democratic economy, but it’s too radical for me. However, I don’t see what’s misleading about it…

      • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
        9·
        2 months ago

        So, what’s wrong about it? It sounds like a personal position to me. Even if the percentages aren’t exactly correct, I don’t think that completely corrupts their concept.

        Is it a 100% tax rate as good as they think it would be? Maybe, maybe not, but predicting one way or the other isn’t misinformation.

      • femtech@midwest.social
        2·
        2 months ago

        There is misinformation and that’s a position I technically agree on, just depends on what is included and at what limit.

  • athairmor@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Same coat, different color.

    It’s the exact same mental illness that makes people espouse far right views. It is, currently, still more common on the right.

    It’s a way to get attention. It’s a way to feel empowered. Arguing with them is feeding their coping mechanism. Either don’t engage or state your position in a positive way that doesn’t attack theirs.

  • FlatFootFox@lemmy.world
    5·
    2 months ago

    I think you’re dramatically overestimating how much people want to discuss politics with a stranger who slides into their mentions pointing out logical fallacies.

  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I don’t use Mastodon, and my only real use of Twitter was searching for keywords during major disasters, but truth is a constraint on what you say, and I’d imagine that some people think that it gets in the way of whatever their other goals are.