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Fediverse vs Disinformation
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Propaganda and disinformation are a big problem on the internet, and the Fediverse is no exception.
What's the difference between misinformation and disinformation? The inadvertent spread of false information is misinformation. Disinformation is the intentional spread of falsehoods.
By equipping yourself with knowledge of current disinformation campaigns by state actors, corporations and their cheerleaders, you will be better able to identify, report and (hopefully) remove content matching known disinformation campaigns.
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- No disinformation
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So he not only doesn't believe in climate change but he doesn't understand that a shape with smaller area will naturally have a smaller perimeter. There will be less oceanfront property, and less property over all. Dudes unqualified for 5th grade geometry, let alone the Presidency.
(I'm excluding the possibility that rising waters would make the shoreline more fuzzy/fractal. AFAIK that isn't the case.)
I made basically this comment in another thread on this topic; the only way you'd get more beach front property is if a lot of low lying basins become bays that have more area than the shrinking perimeter.