Show notes, citations & transcript: https://psychgrind.com/000/
Coming very soon, a promo cut - This podcast will discuss the information landscape with a focus on influencers and the content creator gig economy, and the effects on society.
Your hosts CHLOE HUMBERT and MATT STRACKBEIN. Music and interludes by MICHAEL STRACKBEIN without use of A.I. Chloe Humbert has a weekly newsletter and podcast on substack called Don’t Wait For Everybody. Matt Strackbein, aka The Letterhack, makes comics and livestreams at YouTube.com/TheLetterhack.
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Transcript:
CHLOE HUMBERT (00:00:02):
First of all, I don’t think gaslighting is always deliberate.
CHLOE HUMBERT (00:00:05):
I think it comes naturally for some people.
CHLOE HUMBERT (00:00:09):
And then go back to the people who are misleading them.
CHLOE HUMBERT (00:00:12):
And they say, meh, meh, Chloe said this is anti-vax.
MATT STRACKBEIN (00:00:16):
You have written about product cults a lot.
CHLOE HUMBERT (00:00:20):
Some technicality.
CHLOE HUMBERT (00:00:21):
We all know that YouTube’s copyright strikes when it’s clear-cut fair use and that
CHLOE HUMBERT (00:00:28):
people get accounts suspended on social media because of automated systems making
CHLOE HUMBERT (00:00:32):
nonsensical decisions.
MATT STRACKBEIN (00:00:35):
who want to set up private cities that operate like monarchies,
MATT STRACKBEIN (00:00:39):
were buying up tons of land in California.
MATT STRACKBEIN (00:00:42):
And when some ranchers refused to sell,
MATT STRACKBEIN (00:00:45):
these guys sued their neighbors who didn’t want to sell just for talking to each
MATT STRACKBEIN (00:00:50):
other.
CHLOE HUMBERT (00:00:50):
Weaponizing the law is actually a specialty for some industries.
CHLOE HUMBERT (00:00:54):
It’s an industry in itself, really.
CHLOE HUMBERT (00:00:56):
Some people make a living weaponizing the law for big business.
MATT STRACKBEIN (00:01:00):
Who knows how many of these bot accounts are out there swaying minds with the exact
MATT STRACKBEIN (00:01:04):
same messages.
CHLOE HUMBERT (00:01:05):
That he replied himself with his own same account as if he was praising himself.
CHLOE HUMBERT (00:01:13):
And I think he waved it away as if it was normal to do that referring to
CHLOE HUMBERT (00:01:17):
himself in the third person.
MATT STRACKBEIN (00:01:18):
Why else?
MATT STRACKBEIN (00:01:21):
Would there be a willingness to trust the account even after an obvious pivot?
MATT STRACKBEIN (00:01:27):
Because the pivot didn’t happen before the platform reached a certain size.
MATT STRACKBEIN (00:01:32):
And that size has real value.
CHLOE HUMBERT (00:01:34):
If your priority is always keeping yourself viral and keeping your content viral,
CHLOE HUMBERT (00:01:39):
if that’s your number one priority,
CHLOE HUMBERT (00:01:41):
then you will engage in controversy even to the detriment of the movements you’re
CHLOE HUMBERT (00:01:47):
purportedly hired to help.
MATT STRACKBEIN (00:01:50):
They’re just,
MATT STRACKBEIN (00:01:51):
you know,
MATT STRACKBEIN (00:01:51):
having fun,
MATT STRACKBEIN (00:01:52):
sharing pictures of cats and grandchildren while stepping directly into the line of
MATT STRACKBEIN (00:01:57):
fire,
MATT STRACKBEIN (00:01:57):
so to speak,
MATT STRACKBEIN (00:01:58):
for bots and trolls.
CHLOE HUMBERT (00:02:00):
And then gets dogpiled by some anonymous troll accounts.
CHLOE HUMBERT (00:02:04):
Maybe they’re bots.
CHLOE HUMBERT (00:02:05):
Maybe they’re sock puppets.
CHLOE HUMBERT (00:02:07):
A mob of online angry villagers with flaming torches coming for somebody.
MATT STRACKBEIN (00:02:12):
And so it goes.
MATT STRACKBEIN (00:02:13):
It never stops.
MATT STRACKBEIN (00:02:14):
Why won’t somebody make it stop?
CHLOE HUMBERT (00:02:17):
No, Elon Musk is not selling tiny houses for a few thousand dollars each.
MATT STRACKBEIN (00:02:23):
Well, on that note...
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