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Bots can also do that…

Who cares? Bot farms target people. They target people to mess with their reference points.

How do you know they are Italian? I mean, I could make an account with an Italian-sounding name too.

Don’t take internet people to heart. Otherwise, bad actors will take advantage. Seriously. It’s true.

Not really. Bots aren’t interesting. They are just bots.

Who cares? They could be bots. Studies show about 50% of engagement on social media is fake across the board.

They are most likely bots. But bots are run by humans, so posting about this could be rewarding them for targeting you. Who cares what random internet losers/people think?

If R2P is a universal principle rather than a geopolitical tool, when do we start debating its applicability to domestic crises in the United States?

Every time I hear an American conservative bemoan “LGBTQ propaganda”, I just have to laugh.

It’s as if being exposed to something once means you’re instantly & utterly engulfed & influenced by it. But I grew up being exposed to straight people everywhere… TV, movies, real life…& I’m still queer. 🤷

It would be interesting to see the generational breakdown…

I have zero faith in Elon Musk.

I think people have just decided they don’t like X.

I see people complaining about the algorithm on X and their low (“suppressed”) engagement.

I wonder how long it’ll take before they realise it isn’t an algorithm problem, and they’re not being censored — people are just disengaging from them and their views.

This is frightening. I have so many questions. Why? Did he not realise he had not said those things? Or, did he not realise that most people could instantly see that the video is AI? Or, did he just want to confuse everyone? Regardless of the answer, we should all be very concerned for Americans.

This is nothing short of frightening.

So many questions. So, so many questions.

We talk about social media algorithms, but maybe the real issue is ‘engagement addiction’ — the endless craving for clicks, fights, and validation.

“How did people in Germany just let the Nazis take over?”

Now we know.

This black-and-white thinking frustrates me to no end. “I’m in a relationship with 1/1.4 billionth of China; therefore I know how all Chinese think” is just… ignorant. And “the West”? What even is that? My Chinese partners were never offended when I said “I love you” — and the same goes in reverse.

How is that not obvious to… everyone?

Dake Kang | Substack Investigative journalist in Beijing

Hello everyone, I am now also on Substack. Bit of an experiment for me, but I suspect people who follow me might like that format better: substack.com/@dakekang

Don’t worry, you sound like a pro. I remember that feeling… being hyper aware of every little mistake I’d made. But listen back in five or ten years, and you’ll be pleasantly impressed, I reckon.

What a read. I actually recall reading this back in the day, and not knowing who any of these people were. I thought they were all made-up names. I was in my own little bubble down in Guangzhou before I realised there was also an expat scene (after 4+ years🤭) there. Good memories.

Yeah, this is so true.

Sometimes I wander back over to X just to take a squiz at some people who once piled on me for things I said online.

Funny thing is, stacked up against the self-absorbed drivel, cheap attention grabs, and straight-up bigotry they’re spewing out now, my old posts look positively tame. Ironic.

I just had to Google: What is a “Groyper”?

I like “rat race”. Not a perfect translation, but I think it mostly works.

…into a martyr.

I think some people in Australia need to be reminded that we aren’t the U.S. Their culture wars are not ours to fight.

Condemn political violence, offer sympathies to those left behind. But mourning his passing as an Aussie? That’s ideological, and a serious reason to reflect.

…you don’t, that’s fine too.

My thoughts and prayers go out to Kirk’s family and children, and the innocent people who had to witness and experience such a horrifying incident.

But I am not mourning the death of an American political pundit. And I certainly do not wish to see people turn him…

…we follow the law and pay our taxes. That is all that Australia demands from you. Not performative patriotism, or flag-flying, and we rarely sing the national anthem. Unless we are watching sport.

Australia is great because it doesn’t demand you to love it. Love it if you want (I do), but if…

…someone they look up to or admired.

But Kirk’s political beliefs are un-Australian. Australia has its flaws, but we aren’t divided like the U.S. Most people accept LGBTQ rights and choose unity over culture wars.

In Australia, people have the right to be whoever they want to be, as long as…

I don’t condone violence in any form. Charlie Kirk didn’t deserve to die for holding opinions.

One thing I am surprised by is some of my Aussie friends on Facebook openly mourning his death, talking about “honouring” him by continuing to spread his message.

I don’t begrudge them in mourning…

A gilded cage

Chat GPT trying to explain why it provided the “official CCP slogan” instead of the translation I requested: