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The pro-Israel information war

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Pro-Palestinian views outrank Pro-Israeli online by around 36 to 1 on TikTok and 8 to 1 on other online platforms. https://twitter.com/antgoldbloom/status/1721561226151612602 If anything the skew within the platforms is to prioritize pro-palestinian views https://twitter.com/committeeonccp/status/173279243496103143... It also seems like these platforms create (rather than support) anti-Israeli views: https://twitter.…

Anti-semitism in and of itself is unequivocally wrong.

But conflating anti-Israeli views with anti-Semitic views does a disservice to Jews and Palestinians alike.

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Paul Graham: Well, well, well. That felt coordinated. Turns out it was. https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1733146138226614465?ref_src...

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Like how Elon "trashed his rep" and then got on a plane to meet Netanyahu a week later?

Don't be hyperbolic for the sake of politicking. PG has recovered from vastly dumber takes, and still finds people to give him money.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Like how Elon "trashed his rep" and then got on a plane to meet Netanyahu a week later? Don't be hyperbolic for the sake of politicking. PG has recovered from vastly dumber takes, and still finds people to give him money.

No, like this https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38572877

Tweet: https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1733146138226614465

Re: The pro-Israel information war

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Pro-Palestinian views outrank Pro-Israeli online by around 36 to 1 on TikTok and 8 to 1 on other online platforms. https://twitter.com/antgoldbloom/status/1721561226151612602 If anything the skew within the platforms is to prioritize pro-palestinian views https://twitter.com/committeeonccp/status/173279243496103143... It also seems like these platforms create (rather than support) anti-Israeli views: https://twitter.…

Anti-semitism in and of itself is unequivocally wrong. But conflating anti-Israeli views with anti-Semitic views does a disservice to Jews and Palestinians alike.

Funny how so many otherwise clever people get confused about this.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Like how Elon "trashed his rep" and then got on a plane to meet Netanyahu a week later? Don't be hyperbolic for the sake of politicking. PG has recovered from vastly dumber takes, and still finds people to give him money.

No, like this https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38572877 Tweet: https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1733146138226614465

I can't see the Twitter comments, if that's what you're referring to.

Re: The pro-Israel information war

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Pro-Palestinian views outrank Pro-Israeli online by around 36 to 1 on TikTok and 8 to 1 on other online platforms. https://twitter.com/antgoldbloom/status/1721561226151612602 If anything the skew within the platforms is to prioritize pro-palestinian views https://twitter.com/committeeonccp/status/173279243496103143... It also seems like these platforms create (rather than support) anti-Israeli views: https://twitter.…

Another possible explanation for this skew is that TikTok and IG are primarily video platforms.

The videos of destruction and death in Gaza are far more horrific than corresponding videos in Israel, because the scale of what Israel is doing to Gaza is so much greater than what Gaza has done to Israel.

Another way of saying it is, it makes sense that someone who spends hours on apps optimized for empathy-based addiction would be more sympathetic to Gazans than someone who reads the newspaper or watches talking heads on TV news, since the latter portray the occupation as a two-sided tit for tat.

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