On the impact of conspiracy on the IT community
The phenomenon of conspiracy and the ease of penetration of conspiracy theories into the brain of an inhabitant has been repeatedly discussed on the Internet, including and on Habré ( for example ). However, for some reason it seemed to me that IT shniki are much worse suggestible than other people.
It turned out - nothing like that. As soon as it comes to talking about something okaytishnom, conspiracy theories just as well cut down the brains of habra people, as well as new khrenology - non-habours.
A beautiful copy can be seen here: habrahabr.ru/blogs/internet/122973
Summary: the evil Armenians are preparing to seize Russia with the help of a botnet from the players in the MMORPG.
All the characteristic features of a conspiracy theory are evident: the absence of any evidence base; characteristic turns of the type “there are compelling reasons to believe” (without giving grounds, of course); mixing in one pile of different problems (in this case, the conflicts of the author of the topic with the leadership of Innova, which obviously have nothing to do with the perceived security threat of the Russian Federation) pressure on emotions; hysteria; direct insults in the comments , etc.
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And how did the habrasoobshchestvo reacted? The rating of the topic at the time of writing is +96, all comments of the author are missed, all comments that call into question the “data” presented are mined.
Keep it up.
It turned out - nothing like that. As soon as it comes to talking about something okaytishnom, conspiracy theories just as well cut down the brains of habra people, as well as new khrenology - non-habours.
A beautiful copy can be seen here: habrahabr.ru/blogs/internet/122973
Summary: the evil Armenians are preparing to seize Russia with the help of a botnet from the players in the MMORPG.
All the characteristic features of a conspiracy theory are evident: the absence of any evidence base; characteristic turns of the type “there are compelling reasons to believe” (without giving grounds, of course); mixing in one pile of different problems (in this case, the conflicts of the author of the topic with the leadership of Innova, which obviously have nothing to do with the perceived security threat of the Russian Federation) pressure on emotions; hysteria; direct insults in the comments , etc.
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And how did the habrasoobshchestvo reacted? The rating of the topic at the time of writing is +96, all comments of the author are missed, all comments that call into question the “data” presented are mined.
Keep it up.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/122983/
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