Social media platforms prioritize engagement and certainty, while structured, community-based spaces like classrooms better support deliberation, reflection, learning, and sustained impact.
Online platforms enable influencer cross-pollination that amplifies fringe-right ideas, converting engagement into durable political worldviews and mobilizing support despite mainstream backlash.
I can't believe how much Meta supposedly earns from scam advertising
Meta earns roughly 10% of revenue—about $16 billion—from scam and banned-goods ads, including about $7 billion annually from known higher-risk advertising.