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Mozilla to expand focus on advertising - "We know that not everyone in our community will embrace our entrance into this market" (blog.mozilla.org)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yeah, Lemmy isn't getting the same kind of propaganda as other social media, but it does appear to be present here on some topics.

Like normal conservative propaganda gets drowned out since the userbase has a large portion of people who are here because we're tired of corporate bullshit.

But it means we're probably more susceptible to propaganda that accuses corporations of corporate bullshit, whether the accusation has merit or not.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But it means we’re probably more susceptible to propaganda that accuses corporations of corporate bullshit, whether the accusation has merit or not.

Exactly. It's a different variation. I think the Mozilla stuff is more a sleepwalking echo chamber than an intentional campaign, but at a certain point the difference doesn't matter.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I wouldn't be surprised at it being a combination of both. It's easy to be paranoid about this stuff because corporations have shown again and again that trusting them is a mistake, but Google and MS (plus many others like advertisers) do have a financial incentive to reduce trust in Mozilla so people go back to using their options and seeing those ads.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Yea that's a really good way to put it!