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Social Media Influencer Charged with Election Interference

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Re: Social Media Influencer Charged with Election Interference

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ev1 wrote: post #3
ericras wrote: post #2

The meme in question: https://twitter.com/squid_o_the_day/status/13544897278319697...

For those that didn't quite understand this (like me ..): The person in question posted large amounts of images like this - fraudulently said it was paid for by the campaign to elect the candidate - specifically targeted people of colour that supported a non-conservative candidate - told those people that they could text a number to vote instead of vote (which is not valid), and to avoid voting in person afterward -…

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Re: Social Media Influencer Charged with Election Interference

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Post by InitialLastName »

core-questions wrote: post #22
ndiscussion wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But actually, stupid people are more likely to get viruses, and I've never fallen for any scams.

How do we feel about some kind of objective standardized test that you'd have to pass in order to be allowed to vote? Should cover some high-school basics as well as an understanding of the published platform for all major candidates in the election.

Places have tried this (look up the history of "literacy tests"), and it mostly functioned as a mechanism to discriminate against voters of certain classes. Long term, if you have a test to vote and, say, people somewhere don't tend to vote the way you like, but you have control of the funding for their education system, it's easy enough to make decisions that net reduce that population's ability to vote.

Re: Social Media Influencer Charged with Election Interference

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Post by striking »

core-questions wrote: post #22
ndiscussion wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But actually, stupid people are more likely to get viruses, and I've never fallen for any scams.

How do we feel about some kind of objective standardized test that you'd have to pass in order to be allowed to vote? Should cover some high-school basics as well as an understanding of the published platform for all major candidates in the election.

How do you feel about the fact that these existed and were outlawed? https://ballotpedia.org/Literacy_as_a_requirement_for_voting

Re: Social Media Influencer Charged with Election Interference

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Post by Cullinet »

happytoexplain wrote: post #13
ndiscussion wrote: post #6

I'm sure we're better off without the votes of individuals "deprived" their vote by this meme.

This is one version of a broad category of highly elitist sentiments that is disturbingly common. They all take the form of underestimating a person's "intelligence" or "worth" based on that person's understanding of one aspect of one system, e.g. computer virus vectors ("only stupid people get viruses"), social engineering ("only stupid people fall for phone scams"), etc. It's poisonous, and pretty obviously immoral…

I suffered a head trauma and subsequent infection that depleted my vocabulary to kindergarten level over 2 weeks and took 5 years to recover from - I can absolutely vouch for the struggle that I experienced with sketchy stuff like this, I felt like I was physically being dragged into a quick sand put every time I came across anything like this and was still fighting my way out the next day. I had a stupidly elite education and prior knowledge didn't count as much as ingrained reflex in saving my butt.

Re: Social Media Influencer Charged with Election Interference

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Post by Jtsummers »

bovermyer wrote: post #39
deafsquid5 wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It was a joke and Democrats claimed it was election interference

This account is clearly a troll account specifically targeting this post. A moderator needs to cull this.

The trick with posters like the GP is to:

1. Not respond.

2. Flag/downvote.

When they pop into threads like this one (which are more likely to pull in trolls and kin), flagging will quickly result in accounts like this ending up shadowbanned.

Re: Social Media Influencer Charged with Election Interference

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Post by dragonwriter »

swebs wrote: post #21
ericras wrote: post #2

The meme in question: https://twitter.com/squid_o_the_day/status/13544897278319697...

We've finally entered the age of illegal memes.

> We've finally entered the age of illegal memes.

Well, we’ve always been in the age of illegal memes in the sense relevant to the item in question, to wit, “but, I use a meme” has never been a defense to a crime.

Re: Social Media Influencer Charged with Election Interference

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Post by admax88q »

ndiscussion wrote: post #32
dbingham wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That has actually nothing to do with intelligence and everything to do with experience in certain arenas. You haven't fallen prey to scams because you are experienced with avoiding scams. I guarantee there are people who are a hell of a lot smarter than you, know a hell of a lot more about many areas than you, who have very little experience avoiding internet scams (for one reason or another) who might well fall prey…

What does it say about their intelligence that they didn't choose to learn about internet scams, given how devastating they can be?

What does it say about your intelligence that you didnt choose to learn about diabetes given how devastating it can be?

Re: Social Media Influencer Charged with Election Interference

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Post by rascul »

core-questions wrote: post #22
ndiscussion wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But actually, stupid people are more likely to get viruses, and I've never fallen for any scams.

How do we feel about some kind of objective standardized test that you'd have to pass in order to be allowed to vote? Should cover some high-school basics as well as an understanding of the published platform for all major candidates in the election.

Most people of legal age to vote in the US has completed or will soon complete their high school education. If that's not good enough, maybe the problem is the education.

Re: Social Media Influencer Charged with Election Interference

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Post by raverbashing »

ev1 wrote: post #3
ericras wrote: post #2

The meme in question: https://twitter.com/squid_o_the_day/status/13544897278319697...

For those that didn't quite understand this (like me ..): The person in question posted large amounts of images like this - fraudulently said it was paid for by the campaign to elect the candidate - specifically targeted people of colour that supported a non-conservative candidate - told those people that they could text a number to vote instead of vote (which is not valid), and to avoid voting in person afterward -…

Yeah. Some things you don't joke about. Not like that at least

Like, yeah, you don't make "fake pretend money" that looks like the real thing and get away with it.

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