i don’t understand how people go through their lives seeing posts on social media and not immediately thinking “wait. is the opposite of that true?”

“how plausible is it that OP is totally lying or mistaken? are there any inconvenient facts being glossed over here? what are the unmentioned costs of the course of action being recommended? do i have any reason to trust the sources (if any) of their data? could i imagine an equally persuasive post arguing for the reverse position?” 

^ questions normal people apparently don’t reflexively ask themselves when they see hot takes, somehow

YouTube essayists have too much power over you people

I remember when the biggest stories Snopes had to cover were chain emails

I remember when I went to Snopes because I was interested in modern folklore, not because I need to know which news stories in my social media feeds are lies invented by the tireless engines of misinformation.

never thought I'd say tumblr should copy something from Twitter but tumblr desperately needs a community notes feature where everyone is forced to see when posts have misinfo, instead of the corrections just getting lost in the notes as people continue to blithely spread propaganda

to everyone saying "well sometimes Community Notes is wrong!" I agree, and I'd like and hope for it to get better. But to my mind, actually correcting misinformation is only a secondary feature. The primary purpose to force people to see that others disagree with the narrative they're being given, and have valid reasons for doing so. It goes a long way to leveling the playing field and giving people a voice on popular content, instead of having their ideas get lost in the shuffle

Ideally, it might even send you an email saying "a post you reblogged was reviewed by the community". Social media's current fire-and-forget model allows people to share misinfo, take it as gospel, and then spread it around to other sites or even people IRL

This is some Jason Fox shit right here.

It's even weirder when you know for a fact that they had to be too, since it only happened a couple years ago.

It's always fun each year watching people swear up and down that drugged or otherwise tainted Halloween candy is a serious threat while simultaneously watching exactly zero people report actually finding drugged/tainted Halloween candy.

Like seriously, if this were an actual thing you'd think researching it would yield at least some actual news reports about drugged or injured children, but instead almost every article i can find is just about how the whole thing is a myth and why you have basically nothing to fear.

This is the future the liberals want

I guess now you can just make up a ridiculous story and a sizable chunk of the public will believe it.  No need to bother with faking evidence.  People will just accept your lies automatically.  That’s the current state of society.

Given the callout drama I’ve witnessed on social media I really shouldn’t be surprised.

why do I get Amazon emails when I’ve never signed up why can’t I unsubscribe from the mailing list I’m going to lose my fucjing mind Jeff Bezos let me OUT

I can't believe we just... stopped talking about Hello Kittygate? How fucked up is that?

Suuuuuuurrrrre buddy

Me after 3 months of vegan diet.

There’s nothing more irritating than listening to a group of people talk, so inaccurately, about a subject in which you are a profesional and well versed.

So very relatable.