I want to show you some examples of an internet phenomenon that I have been unable to unsee. The phenomenon, as I see it, has a few steps:
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People would like others to be convinced to take up a certain ideology.
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They believe that if those others saw a certain kind of content, it would make them take up that ideology.
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They call publicly for someone to create this memetic content.
I think this is a wacky way of thinking about beliefs, desires, and social media influences; let me try and explain why.
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