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  1. Apr 2026
  2. social-media-ethics-automation.github.io social-media-ethics-automation.github.io
    1. 4chan. November 2023.

      I think sites like yours are largely responsible for the spread of certain ideas. It's so easy to find other people who agree with you. It makes everything seem normal or acceptable. It's also harder to discern what is good information and what isn't because it's all mixed together. I think this is why some more extreme ideas seem to spread so quickly.

    2. Conspiracy Theories Abounded in 19th-Century American Politics. URL:

      I didn’t think it would be back that far. I always thought it was a mostly a modern day thing having to do with social media. I mean, I guess the actual problem isn’t new, it’s just now it spreads a lot faster. I guess social media just makes it easier for people to actually see and buy in to this.

    1. Trying to force something to happen will likely backfire.

      I think this idea is so relatable. People are so obsessed on social media and they try to control too much, and it comes off as fake because they're trying to force content to go viral or control how people perceive them. Things just work better that way - more natural, less forced.

    2. 2.2.3. Ethics Frameworks

      I find it kind of funny how each culture values what a “good person” should be. How Confucianism is all about relationships and roles, and virtue ethics is more about character. I wonder how that really translates on social media and people reacting without much thought and not worrying about the future.