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It's not about scams though. It's about bullshit news stories. My anecdotal evidence says older folks are far more likely to buy a bullshit "news" story.

Also do you have any links to those studies? I would genuinely like to see them.



I think your parent comment was referring to studies about scams rather than bullshit and propaganda. I don't recall any studies specifically measuring non-financial gullibility.

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/data-visualizations/data-spo...

https://time.com/6802011/gen-z-financial-scams-fraud/




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