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.

    • 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.

    • 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…

    • 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.