For legal reasons, this is a joke lol
I can’t even get my own social media algorithms away from Trump bullshit.
My Boomer parents never used social media to begin with (unless forwarded chain emails count?). I did manage to get them to ditch cable TV and mindlessly vegetating on Fox News all day, but they still (unfathomably) prefer OTA TV to streaming so they’re still in Sinclair’s thrall. IDK what else to do at this point.
Like old school antenna? Do they have one of those big roof top antennas? If so, you might be able to splice the line somewhere inconvenient and insert something that’ll cause just enough interference to make it annoying over the better alternatives like streaming.
Gotta be careful though, OTA tv is their jam unlike all the other “high tech new fangled wizardry”
Believe it or not, “digital” rabbit ears (which are exactly the same as regular old-school ones, but with stupider marketing) on each TV.
Social networks are crazy. It’s like they appeared and suddenly journalistic integrity does not matter anymore because your easily shaped feelings is equal to their fact.
Hell I am german, left and filtering out by keywords and everywhere I go I get blasted with US election content… it’s a scourge.
You wouldn’t be the first:
I think it’s time to consider the possibility that our grandmas and pop-pops are not tricked or indoctrinated, they just plain old support fascists.
I’m sure there are some out there that are just straight fascists, but mine certainly were “indoctrinated”
I’m not joking, you should do this. Free their I’ll minds from the poison.
Heh I may or may not have peeled off one “certain Trump vote” to a “Fuck it, not voting for anyone” so far
I’ve thought about rerouting their Internet through my network via VPN and pin my own HTTPS cert to their devices so I can alter Faux News “articles” on the fly with a ChatGPT integration maybe. Wouldn’t be able to alter videos, but might be able to slow them down to dialup speeds so they just get frustrated with it and just lean more on the written stuff
Won’t work. The recommendation algorithms have been designed to maximize engagement. Anger is the most effective way to engage people, so they will always end up recommending far-right shit again.
I sometimes forgot the far-right/q-anon movement is thanks to facebook and youtube algorithms.
Edit: oversimplification, I know
It’s definitely annoying having to constantly correct “drift”, but at the same time it’s SO MUCH less mental load than the “traditional ways” of deprogramming. I’m hopeful that (eventually) with good precision filter keywords and blocked profiles they’ll start to engage with more sensible content more and the algo will track from there
As someone who plays the musical instrument called “trumpet”, I ask- no, I beg of you, PLEASE do not use my musical instrument to describe fascists.
My first thought as well. I like being a trumpeter and don’t want that taken away
Huh I didn’t even think of that lol, got any good alternatives for future memes?
Personally I always go with either “Trump-supporter” or “Fascist”, I think giving them a silly name ultimately only serves to dehumanize which doesnt help unless your goal is violence.
i will admit that calling them “weirdos” feels very cathartic for me, but tbh I think of most of the ones who aren’t in power as just being really brainwashed, so it feels a little sad to resort to name calling. better to just do what you can to deprogram or cut ties and move on. sorry if that makes me kind of a stick in the mud for memes 😅
Redcaps, an especially bloodþirsty and disgusting sort of goblin
I’m much more in favor of never using his name just for the sole reason that he loves to see his name everywhere. plus we already have a word for his supporters; it’s hogs.
