#CHAPTERS 168: Taskforce
Zane POV
“You want to use the internet because it’s unreliable?” I asked.
Travis, Whitfield, and Lainey Wilson all nodded. I very much wished Sarah were there, but she was with the girls for their riding lessons. I’d give her a recap of the meeting later, I decided, if this odd taskforce that had gathered around my family could convince me their idea wasn’t insane.
“It’s a generally accepted rule about social media that while it can be manipulated and exploited, it cannot be controlled, even by supposed experts,” Wilson said.
“All right.”
“Take one example from thousands. Burger King decided to celebrate Women’s Day with a little clickbait humor and posted that ‘women belong in the kitchen.’ The idea was that then people should read on to the next post and learn about a program they had to give female chefs scholarships. However, that particular platform only offers one post at a time, so there was nothing to ‘read on’ to, just the offensive comment.”
“Humor’s always a gam

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