Manipulative machines

Sharing

“…The debate about sharing has focused particularly on Twitter and re‐tweeting (Marsili, 2021; Pepp et al, forthcoming). However, we do not see any reason to restrict our analysis to this social network.…”

“…One might think that sharing is a form of quoting. Nonetheless, it has been observed that there are some fundamental differences between sharing and quoting (Arielli, 2018; Marsili, 2021; Pepp et al, forthcoming). Quoting is an assertive act and has truth conditions: if Anne says that Paul has said that p , then Anne states that Paul has said that p and what Anne says is true iff Paul has said that p , false otherwise.…”

“…Lastly, there are cases, indeed peculiar, in which a user does not repost a message to draw attention to it, as (Pepp et al, forthcoming) point out. Their example is as follows.…”

“…(Pepp et al, forthcoming) maintain that sharing cannot be connected with a unique illocutionary act but only with a range of illocutionary acts. The illocutionary act that the reposter in fact performs depends on the context in which sharing occurs, the identity of senders, their followers, and so on.…”

“…(Pepp et al, forthcoming)'s theory accounts for the range of aims for which sharing is made. Such an illocutionary aim can be directing attention to a certain post, providing information, expressing agreement for certain statements, or a further illocutionary aim suggested by the context.…”