This is a postmodern argument. Knowledge is socially constructed by institutions and 'social machines' like bots on Twitter. This social knowledge is not 'true' or not. It must be 'good'; conforming to social value systems. Postmodern knowledge cannot separate the 'true' from the 'good' (ethical).

In order to escape postmodern thinking one must separate objective, subjective, and social knowledge. Each category has its own test for validity. Objective knowledge is 'true' or not. Subjective knowledge is 'beautiful' or not (provoking emotion and feeling). Social knowledge is 'good' or not (conforming to a social value system). Postmodernists 'flatten' all knowledge down into social knowledge. This is a reaction to modern thinking which flattened all knowledge down to objective knowledge.

I find so many Medium writers fall into the trap of postmodern thinking. I think because social media promotes social knowledge over 'objective' knowledge. To escape this trap one must distinguish between social, objective, and subjective knowledge.