It's well-known that for years, the Chinese, Russians, and North Koreans have been creating billions of malicious fake social media profiles designed to divide Americans. They do this by posting polls about hot/sensitive topics designed to stir the pot, creating extremist profiles with extremist views, creating profiles that propagate conspiracy theories, and create profiles that paint an overall picture that Americans are polarized on every political and social topic.
They make the "either you're with me or against me" way of thinking seem normal (i.e., "either you are Republican or Democrat", when in reality, the majority of Americans are in the middle and vote both ways). Most of all, they spread the notion that being angry, rude, uncaring, and selfish is okay and "the norm", especially towards people with different viewpoints than yours (having different viewpoints is the very foundation of this country).
All of this is designed to implode America by pitting neighbor against neighbor. And the scary thing is...
It's working.
Most of us are following profiles or have "friends" on social media that we've never met. At least a few of them, if not more than half of them, are fake profiles run by foreign countries.
In 2019, Facebook deleted over 2 BILLION of these fake profiles in just one quarter, and they delete over a million fake accounts every quarter on average. And that's just what they can find...and that's JUST Facebook. Nevermind TikTok and Instagram!
It's safe to assume the majority of posts you see on social media are from these fake accounts.
So if you see something on social media that just chaps your hide, BINGO! You found one. Report and block it immediately.
Better yet, just stop using social media altogether. We have phones, texts, emails and fishing for keeping in touch with another. We really don't NEED social media.
btw, now you know some of the reasons why political and religious topics aren't allowed here. But you probably don't know the mods and I vet every new member that joins here, not only to block fake profiles, but to block spammers as well.
Ok, rant over.
