Exactly. And since viewing and interacting with posts is the driver for revenue there's a disincentive to change anything.
________________________________ From: AF <[email protected]> on behalf of Forrest Christian (List Account) <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 9, 2026 12:02 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Pol We have got to figure out how to ignore the outer edges of the political spectrum. Unfortunately, social (and other) media tends to select and amplify the edges because it's controversial and controversy encourages views. This tends to make people feel like the edges represent the majority of each side, emboldening snd normalizing those with extreme views and creating hate on the other side of the spectrum. - Forrest On Thu, Jan 8, 2026, 7:22 AM Adam Moffett <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I think what you're observing is the behavior of noisy zealots of any political position. There are Trump supporters and right-wing people who exhibit the same behavior you're describing. Whether anyone cares about my opinion or not, I'm very uncomfortable with our nation's current direction. I used to call myself conservative, but I feel like conservatives have gone weird. I've been turned off by family and others on social media calling Democrats and Progressives "sheep" while simultaneously sharing the memes and repeating the words from their favorite shepherds. ________________________________ From: AF <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Steve Jones <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Tuesday, January 6, 2026 11:23 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Pol They will never, probably due to the mental deficit required to go left, that we dont have to like people to support them. Thats all they support, regardless of policy. I personally, up till some of the recent shenanigans like the guy and his policies. Same reason they dont understand why we are ever in "their space" they dont have the capacity to comprehend listening to the other side, even if we are going to roast them. Just look at what they believe about kirk, they never leave their fishbowl. The longer I live the more I see how dumb "educated" people are, probably mostly because they live in an isolated environment. I knew how it was gonna turn out when Chuck McCown turned up on my suggested friends list at the book of faces. That cesspool is algorithm heavy to bring out the best worst in us. Pure troll fertilizer. I love it. On Sun, Jan 4, 2026, 1:14 PM <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Got told by a guy on a dems against trump site today that I “must be one of those uneducated people that love trump” that annoy him some much. (For the record, I think trump is an odious, selfish, narcissistic, meglomanic, vindictive SOB but I do like many of the things he is doing and many of his policies. ) I asked the guy to define “uneducated” and he replied back he had a BA in PolySCI, a JD. Looked at his profile. He never worked as an attorney it appears and has been a self employed therapist. I got snarky (hard to believe, I know) and told him that yes, I am a un-uneducated deplorable but I said that every keystroke he will make typing his response is made possible by guys like us. We are makers, he is a taker. We create wealth, he wastes other people’s money. I went on a bit about all the networks I have built, things I manufacture etc. Told him that I am sure people like us, the doers and creators do annoy him as we remind him that he never truly accomplished anything. That he might want to visit his cry room because that mean man said mean things to him and suggested he might be happier if he transitions. Was that bad….? (I also flexed a bit that I too got accepted into law school but chose to make money instead. Cause everyone knows that if you can get in you can get out.) -- AF mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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