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In reply to the discussion: Unsolicited Advice: Try to Avoid FUD and Panicky Shit-Posting [View all]
MineralMan
(151,413 posts)39. Part of it is confirmation bias.
If something agrees with our sense of things, we tend to believe it, and don't bother to check the source.
A post this morning had a link to a BlueSky thread which was saying that Elon Musk and his assistants were "installing hard drives" in some government computers. The source for that information was Alt National Park Service. Nobody questioned that. There is no such government agency, and it's clearly a spoof of a real agency. but, the information was accepted as truth. It was posted here at least twice today.
Alt National Park Service?
But, people want to believe it, so it must be true. Confirmation Bias.
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Yeah, I read a lot of disinformation here. And people get super-defensive if they're fact checked.
emulatorloo
Feb 2025
#1
Without direction, leadership or a visible take charge presence, I expect this to continue, understandably.
Ninga
Feb 2025
#2
It's been relevant since the turn of the century. It's only recently peaking...nt
Wounded Bear
Feb 2025
#28
It helps me (a little) to remember that the barrage of disinformation we are
Kashkakat v.2.0
Feb 2025
#12
I'm sensing you don't regard the current threat seriously enough. To each his own. I'll mind "my own damn business." nt
Evolve Dammit
Feb 2025
#25
MM has been around a long time, and does seem to know what's he is talking about. I trust him far more than a lot of
SWBTATTReg
Feb 2025
#80
Sure as hell hope so, but the denial and concealment may carry the day on our MSM.
Evolve Dammit
Feb 2025
#56
With all due respect to the OP, I think there is plenty to be panicked about.
totodeinhere
Feb 2025
#29
Yes, yes, yes! We need to check the sources and *read the entire articles* posted.
LauraInLA
Feb 2025
#34
Absolutely. There are "reliable" sources about related instances -- but nothing confirming the hard drive story.
LauraInLA
Feb 2025
#52
They have been around since the first admin. Yes, we know they aren't official, but they are usually very accurate.
58Sunliner
Feb 2025
#62
How about Reuters? And Alt Nt Park isn't a spoof agency, it's a resistance group of federal employees.
chia
Feb 2025
#63
Is it OK with you to fucking panic now? "Musk Given Access to Treasury Payment System"
maxrandb
Feb 2025
#74