ByteOnBikes@discuss.online to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agoConspiracy theorist antivaxxer struggling with comprehensiondiscuss.onlineimagemessage-square67linkfedilinkarrow-up11.26K
arrow-up11.26KimageConspiracy theorist antivaxxer struggling with comprehensiondiscuss.onlineByteOnBikes@discuss.online to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agomessage-square67linkfedilink
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·24 days agoYeah, we should invent new words for this, they aren’t stupid, they weaponise stupidity for their own gains.
minus-squaresuicidaleggroll@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 days agoThat word is disinformation They know it’s a lie, they’re posting it anyway because they think the ends justify the means
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 days agoWhat they post/say is misinformation but the act of doing it knowingly, “shamelessly trying to fuck you over” is what I can come up with.
minus-squaresuicidaleggroll@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 days agomisinformation is posting incorrect information accidentally disinformation is posting incorrect information intentionally
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 days agoYeah you’re right, but “disinforming” just doesn’t sound like bad enough.
Yeah, we should invent new words for this, they aren’t stupid, they weaponise stupidity for their own gains.
That word is disinformation
They know it’s a lie, they’re posting it anyway because they think the ends justify the means
What they post/say is misinformation but the act of doing it knowingly, “shamelessly trying to fuck you over” is what I can come up with.
misinformation is posting incorrect information accidentally
disinformation is posting incorrect information intentionally
Yeah you’re right, but “disinforming” just doesn’t sound like bad enough.