You can just let people be wrong. It costs nothing.
Well… when they’re for example spreading disinformation and propaganda for Russia, that can cost a lot, even if not immediately, or not to you personally. As someone from a small nation that has a long history of being attacked by Russia, I’ll ask: what do you think ultimately happens when more and more people start to believe they have the right to invade their neighbors…? I’d rather not just let paid trolls and simple idiots spread Kreml’s disinformation to weaken “the west”, and justify taking over Ukraine and attacks on other countries as well
Changing their minds isn’t really the point of it, it’s more about giving the other people possibly seeing the thing a better chance to realize what they’re reading, so they might not believe the disinformation as easily.
Obviously fighting constantly against a crowd consisting mostly of trolls and idiots you can’t even tell apart would take a heavy toll on anyone - I fully agree with it being a sisyphean task. Personally I just tend to block the major communities harboring them, and do only small stuff like these comments pointing this pattern out
Well… when they’re for example spreading disinformation and propaganda for Russia, that can cost a lot, even if not immediately, or not to you personally. As someone from a small nation that has a long history of being attacked by Russia, I’ll ask: what do you think ultimately happens when more and more people start to believe they have the right to invade their neighbors…? I’d rather not just let paid trolls and simple idiots spread Kreml’s disinformation to weaken “the west”, and justify taking over Ukraine and attacks on other countries as well
Yes, I agree, spreading Russia’s misinformation should be combated and illegal.
We need to immediately close and fine Facebook, X and Reddit.
Do you believe that engaging in arguments will change that? If anything your helping them by boosting their visibility via engagement metrics.
Changing a tankie’s mind with arguing is a sisyphean task.
Changing their minds isn’t really the point of it, it’s more about giving the other people possibly seeing the thing a better chance to realize what they’re reading, so they might not believe the disinformation as easily.
Obviously fighting constantly against a crowd consisting mostly of trolls and idiots you can’t even tell apart would take a heavy toll on anyone - I fully agree with it being a sisyphean task. Personally I just tend to block the major communities harboring them, and do only small stuff like these comments pointing this pattern out