# How social media creates the alt-reality of the alt-right

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-social-media-creates-the-alt-reality-of-the-alt-right/930420>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [January 13, 2021, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-social-media-creates-the-alt-reality-of-the-alt-right/930420 "2021-01-13T07:26:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-social-media-creates-the-alt-reality-of-the-alt-right/930420/41 "2021-01-16T15:21:04Z")

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> [@Uniqueorn](#):
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> Anytime we fall for “Do your own research!”

“Do your own research”, aimed at someone poised at the edge of a cesspool who has no clue how to do actual research, is simply a cynical ploy to sell them something from that cesspool.

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**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-social-media-creates-the-alt-reality-of-the-alt-right/930420/42 "2021-01-16T15:38:44Z")

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> [@74westy](#):
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> Thanks for posting this. Netflix has so many pro-conspiracy theory documentaries

Because…

> We’ve created a system that biases towards false information. Not because we want to, but because false information makes the companies more money than the truth. The truth is boring.

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