CurtAdams on Nostr: I appreciate the article, but in my experience the really thwacko ideas are always ...

I appreciate the article, but in my experience the really thwacko ideas are always coming from "social" (really algorithmic) media. What people pick up person-to-person is always more nuanced; I see people push the crazy stuff they've been convinced of online, but in-person it just makes others look at them funny.

My own son has become a recluse because he believes a huge pile of internet nonsense and none of his friends put up with it - even other conspiracy theorists!