How cults are using social media to grow

Cults increasingly gain followers on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube
Alden Woods, The Republic | azcentral.com Published 5:00 a.m. MT May 9, 2018

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"..any spiritual seeker can hand-select their guru, clicking through an endless stream of glossy websites, high-definition lectures and social media feeds to find the exact set of answers they crave.

Once they settle on a guru — or a handful — YouTube and Facebook’s binge-friendly structures can make the indoctrination process faster than ever. New students don’t have to wait for the next seminar, or save for the next retreat. Instead, they can dive into hours of videos, join online message boards and start chasing enlightenment within moments of learning a guru’s name.

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A few thoughts:

The people who designed social media have admitted that they intended to make social media addictive.

People who distribute cocaine, speed and meth are punished hard by the federal government.

The ones who intentionally created a digital resource that gooses the same neurotransmitter (dopamine) as the illegal drugs - he's not in jail.

And this addiction by design social media is now being used by cults -- as well as selling us consumer goods we don't need.

SEAN PARKER SAYS FACEBOOK WAS DESIGNED TO BE ADDICTIVE

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Addiction by design. And addictive social media is being used to attract and retain followers.