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I remember some months ago suddenly Fabian Society popping up on youtube recommendations, from channels that I wouldn't've necessarily expected, and who I've had my suspicions about based on certain other issues that they seem very one-sided on.

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My internet life started in 2006 when i started consuming as much alternative and "truther movement" type content as i could. I eventually filtered and tailored my consumption to certain channels and subscribed to people i felt were enlightening and adding value to my thinking perception.

Over time i noticed that a lot of my subscription reminders altho they were unrelated channels always covered the exact same subject at the exact same time. This is the effect of network influence: even tho many of the channels were independent they were courted by the ring leaders of the network which offers perks and rewards in the form of larger subscriber base, support from bigger channels, and access to research etc. Of course the result of this lock stepping with a network instils a tendency not to argue, to self censor blinker and sand line.

Probably the most glaring example of this could be seen in the flat earth psi-op which managed to grip a lot of otherwise intelligent people. And of course if you earn the wrath of the network by not going along criticizing or being a loose canon they will eat you like a shoal of piranhas

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