The Disinformation Superhighway 0
Rebecca Watson draws a line between intentional dis- and misinformation on the Disinformation Superhighway and what she refers to as sh*tposting (which I can best define as sort of stupid wisecracks intended as “humor”). She uses as a starting point the J. D. Vance couch slur and how it went from a casual and completely fabricated post on the site that used to be known as Twitter to a torrent of tripe (warning: some language).
Or you can read the transcript.
Afterthought:
Methinks the primary take-away here is that “social” media isn’t.
