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A Meechan

@writinginrealtime.bsky.social

Psychology grad student researching social media, misinformation, and extreme masculinity. Help me procrastinate by asking questions. Recovering Art Student. Once introduced as "The Incel Guy"

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Please Don’t Try This at Home: A quick and dirty introduction to social media, misinformation, and fake news.

Last month I presented at the SLSS International Conference at Robert Gordon University.

My presentation was an overview of how incentives drive the spread of misinformation online! Here it is in *article* form!

writinginrealtime.substack.com/p/please-don...

#academia #conference #fakenews

29.03.2025 18:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The United States is being taken over by the *worst* kind of nerds.

06.02.2025 22:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

being on computer is so much better than being on phone

04.02.2025 01:23 — 👍 267    🔁 31    💬 9    📌 1

Sir our plan to replace the entire government with 4chan freaks has run into a few snags

29.01.2025 18:24 — 👍 10632    🔁 1868    💬 58    📌 37

Just making a single post to prove I’m not dead. Carry on.

23.01.2025 22:15 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Welcome. It's like Twitter but it actually functions!

22.01.2025 21:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My problem is I have an irrepressible desire to make a videogame

22.01.2025 11:40 — 👍 28    🔁 2    💬 4    📌 0

How cyberpunk.... 🤢

22.01.2025 15:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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22.01.2025 15:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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-Sweats nervously-

22.01.2025 14:22 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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