Comment by BonoboIO

Funny how the internet turned what used to be the “village fool” — the guy everyone ignored when he rambled about nonsense and conspiracies — into a global phenomenon.

Now, instead of fading into the background, they find each other online, amplify the noise, and suddenly the whole world has to deal with it.

The same tools that connected people for good also made it easier to spread misinformation at scale.