SERIOUSLY!
No joke intended. OK a little ;) But kidding aside, Look at Facebook. Hell look at FR.
It’s human nature to vent and feel satisfied. We do it here every day. We preach to the choir even when we rip each others heads off. Yes, we have influence but it pales to what ‘asses in seats’ does when 5 million people march.
On Facebook they have an audience of billions and feel their rants are impactful thus no need to act. They already have in their minds. Again, human nature. We are all guilty.
If Germany had Facebook, Gobels would have had a field day manipulating global opinion and people would have felt good right and just about standing against the deaths of ‘innocent Germans.’
Because GERMAN LIVES MATTER!!!!!
Jews? Not so much.
Oh, I agree...
As a part time (now) stock trader I have spent hours and hours surfing in China.
The government and it’s many associated sycophants use the internet there with great efficiency.
I am told however the most Chinese have become so used to it that as a practical matter, they are wasting their time and effort.
I tend to disagree with that thinking, because as a practical matter, it keeps the populace engaged in the debates that the government wants them engaged in and not the ones that might blossom without the distractions..