<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>Växẍ Säbbäth wrote</title><author_name>Växẍ Säbbäth (npub1kh…llqnp)</author_name><author_url>https://yabu.me/npub1kh5c9enn8aez8w53an6qcl3a2phuk7tscvhxcasl0usjmk4n38wqcllqnp</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://yabu.me</provider_url><html>you know, it&#39;s interesting:&#xA;&#xA;if there&#39;s one thing we&#39;ve learned - and which has been publicly restated recently - it&#39;s that there is a vast grassroots out there of mid-tier accounts that serve a valuable role in the information ecosystem, forming a sort of &#34;composite resonator&#34; that represents a force capable of shaping narratives in near-real time&#xA;&#xA;(think 4chan, Gab, Fediverse, forums of all kinds, and so forth)&#xA;&#xA;these informational ratlines have been identified - again, recently - as a real problem for those who wish to direct that narrative-creating and -eroding power to their own ends, to the extent that they create and fund entire thinktanks and companies to attempt to hijack, subvert, and counter its efforts&#xA;&#xA;(see recent news articles about Israeli &#34;ex-&#34; intelligence companies in this space, US government efforts, departments of Big Social Media, etc.)&#xA;&#xA;one of the obvious ways one might attempt to influence and dampen the capabilties of this network:  convince the people in it that those small- and mid-tier repeater accounts are of no use and have no effect&#xA;&#xA;interesting, isn&#39;t it?&#xA;&#xA;it really does make you think</html></oembed>