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submitted 6 months ago by Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 32 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Like, who would even fall for this stuff? It is so blatantly obvious.

Are there really people who would believe anything just because it has a picture of a pretty lady?

[–] s_s@lemm.ee 23 points 6 months ago

Yes.

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 6 months ago

Boomers

[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

How often have you just read a headline? It's not about creating cases that stand up to scrutiny, it's about creating the impression of a movement.

Nudging people by making things appear more reasonable than they otherwise would be.

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Also our brains are really good at forgetting the "fake" part of fake news after a while.

[–] prex@aussie.zone 4 points 6 months ago

Yeah I heard that somewhere. Maybe I'll look it up later...

[–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago

Is this your first day on Lemmy?