#methods of deception

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Xuanchuan: A Chinese term that describes a mis-directional strategy on social medial in which coordinated posts flood the discussion with positive messages or attempts to change the subject. This leads dissenting users to retreat from a discussion that they perceive to have become an echo chamber.

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Logical Fallacies An error/flaw in reasoning that renders an argument invalid; an argument in which a conclusion doesn’t follow logically from what preceded it.

Three useful logical fallacies: Ad hominem: An argument where a person is attacked and not the content of their point of view; Strawman: Misrepresenting someone’s argument and then attacking the distorted argument; Slippery slope: A slippery slope argument is when someone asserts that a relatively small first step leads to a chain of related events culminating in some significant effect.