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The rules for behavior are a straight carry over of Mastodon.World's rules. You can click the link but we've reposted them here in brief, as a guideline. We will continue to use the Mastodon.World rules as the master list. Over all, be nice to each other and remember this isn't a community built around debate. For the rules about formatting your posts, scroll down to number 2.
1. Follow the rules of Mastodon.world, which can be found here.
A. Provide an inclusive and supportive environment. This means if it isn't rulebreaking and we can't be supportive to them then we probably shouldn't engage.
B. No illegal content.
C. Use content warnings where appropriate. This means mark your submissions NSFW if need be.
D. No uncivil behavior. This includes, but is not limited to: Name Calling; Bullying; Trolling; Disruptive Commenting; or Personal Criticisms.
E. No Harrassment. As an example in relation to Transgender people this includes, deadnaming, misgendering, and promotion of conversion therapy. Similarly Misogyny, Misandry, and Racism are also banned here.
2. Include a community or instance title and description in your post title. - A following example of this would be New Communities - A place to post new communities or instances all over Lemmy for discovery and promotion.
3. Follow the formatting. - The formatting as included below is important for people getting universal links across Lemmy as easily as possible.
Formatting
Please include this following format in your post:
[link text](/c/community@instance.com)
This provides a link that should work across instances, but in some cases it won't
You should also include either:
or instance.com/c/community
FAQ:
Q: Why do I get a 404?
A: At least one user in an instance needs to search for a community before it gets fetched. Searching for the community will bring it into the instance and it will fetch a few of the most recent posts without comments. If a user is subscribed to a community, then all of the future posts and interactions are now in-sync.
Q: When I try to create a post, the circle just spins forever. Why is that?
A: This is a current known issue with large communities. Sometimes it does get posted, but just continues spinning, but sometimes it doesn't get posted and continues spinning. If it doesn't actually get posted, the best thing to do is try later. However, only some people seem to be having this problem at the moment.
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"Some of the propaganda contains truth" is a weird ass sentence that cannot really be framed in any other way than someone supporting said propaganda.
It's like saying "some of the conspiracy theories contain truths", it only works if you believe in them.
Information used to manipulate is useless, trying to cherry pick what is "true" is absurd. It's like seeking a mouldy bread just to try to pick the edible parts, instead of trying to get a proper loaf of bread.
the label of "conspiracy theory" or "propaganda" does not automatically make every element within a given claim false.
It is common for propaganda to embed a factual kernel to gain credibility. for example, claiming "The US has conducted surveillance on foreign leaders" was once dismissed as a "conspiracy theory" but was later proven true by Snowden documents.
If all given information is true, it is truth; if not, it is propaganda, manipulation, or false information
Hmmh. It's likely a "the only winning move is not to play their game" situation. Upside of institutions like the BBC is: in theory they should be doing fact checking, pay experts to look at it and see if it's plausible, try to find the sources... Try to show both sides of a coin. Doesn't always happen in practice... But if your alternative is to re-post stuff from social media or random internet sites... Well... you're exactly in propaganda territory. That's unfiltered where all the evil people post their fakes. Have bot armies to push narratives. Make it seem like roles are reversed.... And you're bound to lose. It's a proper paid full time job to push propaganda online (and offline). And those people are experts and they're resourceful (and have resources, i.e. money and access to stuff). They'll likely outsmart you, beat you with all the manpower they have at hand, and you're just a pawn.
And to not only write negative stuff: I somewhat trust the OSINT guys. Dunno if that's what you're looking for. They do a lot of quantifying stuff. And some more. Less so opinion pieces or news articles.
Mostly, you are right. If people are skeptical, if they are questioning what is true or false information. Double-checking by cross-referencing resources is always good.
That doesn't work anymore. Modern disinformation campaigns include things like dozens of different articles or posts in many different locations. And we have strategies like flood the zone. You'll end up cross-referencing. You'll find 10 different resources or you've heard it 200 times already. And at some point you start believin'... It's impossibly hard. At least from the perspective of an office chair and by using internet information.
I think most I can do is judge by who started it. And who keeps bombing kindergartens and apartment buildings. I'd say that's probably the evil ones. And those happen to be the same ones who reportedly do all the coordinated misinformation.