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Key misinformation “superspreaders” on Twitter: Older women
(arstechnica.com)
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this post was submitted on 30 May 2024
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Boomers are intimidated by tech (which, fine...) and FULL of unearned pride and an always churning fear of being exposed as frauds who don't deserve allv they have.
The combination means they need to performatively "do tech" to prove to the kids (and to themselves, because of course they are also raging narcissists) that they "have the memes" too and can "do a post".
So they will do this misinfo spreading, likely often unknowingly, bit not for the obvious reason.