Charlie Warzel

And so it's just like, I think that they make these... We met book clubs. We met book clubs, not insurrection. And so it's like this kind of stuff has the potential for these really large kind of gnarly changes because there are billions of people on this platform. And like if there's one thing covering Facebook for as long as I have or meta or whatever we're calling it,

And so it's just like, I think that they make these... We met book clubs. We met book clubs, not insurrection. And so it's like this kind of stuff has the potential for these really large kind of gnarly changes because there are billions of people on this platform. And like if there's one thing covering Facebook for as long as I have or meta or whatever we're calling it,

is this idea that like they are so naive or act at least so naive as to how people like actually use the internet. Like there's every time they talk about these changes in the way it works, it is always around the knitting club or just two people getting together, shaking hands and breaking bread and, you know, talking kitchen table issues and,

is this idea that like they are so naive or act at least so naive as to how people like actually use the internet. Like there's every time they talk about these changes in the way it works, it is always around the knitting club or just two people getting together, shaking hands and breaking bread and, you know, talking kitchen table issues and,

is this idea that like they are so naive or act at least so naive as to how people like actually use the internet. Like there's every time they talk about these changes in the way it works, it is always around the knitting club or just two people getting together, shaking hands and breaking bread and, you know, talking kitchen table issues and,

Or a bunch of guys in a room in Malaysia with 186 smartphones hooked up to a thing, like basically reposting each other's generative AI shrimp, Jesus, Facebook spam to trick grandma and grandpa into thinking that, you know, I don't even know what, but it's like people go on the internet.

Or a bunch of guys in a room in Malaysia with 186 smartphones hooked up to a thing, like basically reposting each other's generative AI shrimp, Jesus, Facebook spam to trick grandma and grandpa into thinking that, you know, I don't even know what, but it's like people go on the internet.

Or a bunch of guys in a room in Malaysia with 186 smartphones hooked up to a thing, like basically reposting each other's generative AI shrimp, Jesus, Facebook spam to trick grandma and grandpa into thinking that, you know, I don't even know what, but it's like people go on the internet.

I have this like theory, which is called like the toilet theory of the internet, which is that like most things that you see that either delight you and rage you, whatever that are just posts by a human being are, we're probably like typed out with two thumbs on the toilet by somebody else. Like, The internet is wonderful, it's horrible, but it's also just really quotidian.

I have this like theory, which is called like the toilet theory of the internet, which is that like most things that you see that either delight you and rage you, whatever that are just posts by a human being are, we're probably like typed out with two thumbs on the toilet by somebody else. Like, The internet is wonderful, it's horrible, but it's also just really quotidian.

I have this like theory, which is called like the toilet theory of the internet, which is that like most things that you see that either delight you and rage you, whatever that are just posts by a human being are, we're probably like typed out with two thumbs on the toilet by somebody else. Like, The internet is wonderful, it's horrible, but it's also just really quotidian.

It's used by people all the time to stave off boredom in random moments. Facebook never sees that. It's always just the breaking bread over the table, even though they know better. I just think when you make these changes, especially when you make these radical changes very quickly, The unintended consequences always rear their ugly heads 18 months down the line in like a totally unforeseen way.

It's used by people all the time to stave off boredom in random moments. Facebook never sees that. It's always just the breaking bread over the table, even though they know better. I just think when you make these changes, especially when you make these radical changes very quickly, The unintended consequences always rear their ugly heads 18 months down the line in like a totally unforeseen way.

It's used by people all the time to stave off boredom in random moments. Facebook never sees that. It's always just the breaking bread over the table, even though they know better. I just think when you make these changes, especially when you make these radical changes very quickly, The unintended consequences always rear their ugly heads 18 months down the line in like a totally unforeseen way.

I wrote this piece that came out on January 6th with this researcher, Mike Caulfield, who studies information environments and all the bad stuff.

I wrote this piece that came out on January 6th with this researcher, Mike Caulfield, who studies information environments and all the bad stuff.

I wrote this piece that came out on January 6th with this researcher, Mike Caulfield, who studies information environments and all the bad stuff.

And the idea is basically that we're always thinking about misinformation as like, you know, again, Uncle Tim gets on his computer, sees a piece of misinformation, and all of a sudden, like, you know, oh, yeah, like Hillary Clinton has babies trapped in the basement of a pizza parlor. Like, I believe it.

And the idea is basically that we're always thinking about misinformation as like, you know, again, Uncle Tim gets on his computer, sees a piece of misinformation, and all of a sudden, like, you know, oh, yeah, like Hillary Clinton has babies trapped in the basement of a pizza parlor. Like, I believe it.

And the idea is basically that we're always thinking about misinformation as like, you know, again, Uncle Tim gets on his computer, sees a piece of misinformation, and all of a sudden, like, you know, oh, yeah, like Hillary Clinton has babies trapped in the basement of a pizza parlor. Like, I believe it.