What is with all the reposts? | Poal: Say what you want.

[–] [deleted] • 4 pts

From what I've been noticing it's not reposts, but people posting about the same thing but from different sources.

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people posting about the same thing but from different sources.

I was going to say the same thing. I think it's also a function of the site's growth. More people = more content = more overlap.

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I was going to say the same thing, only worded slightly differently.

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[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

I was going to also say the same thing as you but from a different source and another slightly different angle.

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This is why I don't have a lot of posts. If I look, someone may have already posted and if it has I just comment there. If I do post something it is because I am really confident that it is original.

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[–] [deleted] • 4 pts

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[–] [deleted] • 3 pts

Plot twist: Ass in dick.

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[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

I have seen this as well and have even found myself guilty of it after not seeing something the day before on a few occasions. This is a measurement of people just talking past each other and describes the narcissistic bubble we each live in perfectly. Basically, we're all out here "telling" and are too busy doing that to notice that to actually "listen" more. In other words, it's an indication of how people use this site to broadcast rather than receive or discuss.

Also note that you have multiple sources (which really aren't multiple sources, but rebroadcasting of the same datapoints) flooding the zone and this is why the algorithm here doesn't detect the reposts given that the web addresses of them are different.

If we were living in a society where people had more virtue (and I'm not trying to lecture anyone, as I know I have the problem myself and fight it daily) we'd see an instance or two and a lot of good comments and discussion about things rather than a bunch of postings with mostly zero comments.

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Repeating the same thing over and over without discussion is a tool of the propagandist.

This is true, but the reason is because of what we are. The biggest epiphany I'd ever had was the day I realized we are basically cognitive animals and we are easily brainwashed. The repeated nature of propaganda isn't just the transmitters hitting our receivers that is the scary part, it's the neurosis in each of us to repeatedly "blurt out" what we believe which essentially re-broadcasts or is a form of "self referential virtue signal" to our psyche to sooth our sense of self.

In other words, we can't help ourselves to become broadcasters of the propaganda or whatever information we hold in our brain. It's the root issue of our herd mentality problem. It is something we can overcome, but takes constant work. It is the thing mentioned in the bible called "eternal vigilance" which means to constantly check all information coming in. Being programmed is easy, but having the tolerance of being able to challenge what is in our programming is one of the most terrifying addictions of all time.

If you read the protocols, dig into the mysticism literature, or read any prospect theory (study of human biases) you'll see this is the reoccurring theme in every aspect of all of it. We're all basically dopamine and affirmation hunting machines.

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