• Cataphract@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    I always thought the “see something, say something” tag-line was creepy as fuck and don’t understand why everyone doesn’t get the same vibe. It’s common sense that if you see someone being harmed or in a harmful situation you speak up. But this is just a blanket “see something” which feels like a dog whistle for all the nosy and paranoid people to spy on everyone and it’s for the best. I guess we’ll have the same personalities in search algorithms going forward -_-

    • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
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      2 months ago

      Right there with you.

      Sadly, too many people don’t put in the mental effort to verify what they’re told.

      I suspect we’re all susceptible to this to greater/lesser degrees, and subject-dependent. I just can’t figure out my own blind spot around this.