I just wanna know: What do you do when talking to a friend IRL, face to face, and they tell you something that isn’t true?
While there may aftually be people trying to push an agenda, I suspect 90% or more people who “spread misinformation online” are just regular old idiots.
People don’t suddenly stop being people just because they have a computer and anonimity. And a lot of people are just misinformed.
Best way to stop misinformation online? Same as it is offline: Through better fucking education.
I say “huh. I hadn’t heard that one. Let me look it up. … Ohh no, that turned out to be fake. It’s getting so hard to tell these days. Just the other day I was reading…” And then start rambling about another topic. It prevents them from sitting with the uncomfortable feeling of being an idiot.
I just wanna know: What do you do when talking to a friend IRL, face to face, and they tell you something that isn’t true?
While there may aftually be people trying to push an agenda, I suspect 90% or more people who “spread misinformation online” are just regular old idiots.
People don’t suddenly stop being people just because they have a computer and anonimity. And a lot of people are just misinformed.
Best way to stop misinformation online? Same as it is offline: Through better fucking education.
I say “huh. I hadn’t heard that one. Let me look it up. … Ohh no, that turned out to be fake. It’s getting so hard to tell these days. Just the other day I was reading…” And then start rambling about another topic. It prevents them from sitting with the uncomfortable feeling of being an idiot.