Me being completely unaware of the original article read the title and went
"Huh, maybe porn is significantly less interesting to people that have a different social structure"
Alas, it's a bit less interesting than that
The Marubo people are not addicted to pornography. There was no hint of this in the forestand there was no suggestion of it in The New York Times’s article.
the article mentioned a complaint from one Marubo leader[about some porn in chats]
sites that distorted this detail are news aggregators
By now, these sorts of sites and misleading headlines are just another part of the internet economy. To an informed internet user, their tactics are familiar.
For the Marubo, however, the experience was bewildering and infuriating.
So the entire misinformation spiral basically traces back to the New York Post? Damn.
I'm always shocked that anyone ever takes the Post seriously, but they're in a double whammy situation where (1) 90% of their content is sensationalist garbage and (2) most people seem unaware of this prior point. Which means they can spin up whatever shit and it'll get a lot of traction, way more than most other tabloids.
There's nothing in this blog post that proves it's wrong other than one guy in the tribe denying it because it looks bad for them. We're going to need access to the tribe's entire search history to sort this one out.
I was curious about the lack of definitive evidence in this follow-up story. I would think they'd want to have some sort of fact-checking from an unbiased source. The tribe is saying it's embarrassing that people think they're addicted to porn, and they're the only source for saying that this is untrue.
What happened to the journalistic motto: "if your mother says she loves you, check it out"? [1]
Then, the NyPost is the only media outlet to run a story of a laptop (recently verified by the FBI in court) containing incriminating evidence of corruption of one of the two leading candidates.
Hey this is much like that tribe from the other day that DID get addicted to porn. What a coincidence.
I've also heard of this one tribe heavily addicted to misinformation. They just can't get enough of it! They weren't even feral and naive to exposure, it somehow just... crept up on them.
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https://web.archive.org/web/20240602043457/https://www.nytim...
>The Times article had overemphasized the negatives of the internet, he said, “resulting in the spread of a distorted and damaging picture.”
And the original NYT article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40553438
the article mentioned a complaint from one Marubo leader [about some porn in chats]
sites that distorted this detail are news aggregators
By now, these sorts of sites and misleading headlines are just another part of the internet economy. To an informed internet user, their tactics are familiar.
For the Marubo, however, the experience was bewildering and infuriating.
I'm always shocked that anyone ever takes the Post seriously, but they're in a double whammy situation where (1) 90% of their content is sensationalist garbage and (2) most people seem unaware of this prior point. Which means they can spin up whatever shit and it'll get a lot of traction, way more than most other tabloids.
What happened to the journalistic motto: "if your mother says she loves you, check it out"? [1]
1: https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2003/if-your-mothe...
Is this satire?
In case not: The source didn't report it happening. Therefore no one needs to invent it, not even as a pretext for an invasive investigation.
Then, the NyPost is the only media outlet to run a story of a laptop (recently verified by the FBI in court) containing incriminating evidence of corruption of one of the two leading candidates.
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I've also heard of this one tribe heavily addicted to misinformation. They just can't get enough of it! They weren't even feral and naive to exposure, it somehow just... crept up on them.