Social: The Leading Report is fake news, conspiracy tales
Saw people sharing this on social media from a well known fake news/conspiracy theory/misinformation website.
Media: Bloomberg publishes fake story sourced to anonymous troll
I assume that 100% of the news stories are false, as the starting point. I assume all reporters are unethical liars and work from there.
CNN Falls for parody account post on X
CNN falls for parody account of fictitious Rep. Jack Kimble and shares his satire quote on air as if it were real!
Social: LinkedIn scores your posts to determine visibility to others
How LinkedIn works to decide if it shares your post or not. LinkedIn works very differently than other social media platforms.
Media: “The American Dream is Dead”
“The American Dream is Dead” trope has been around for 50+ years, is not true, but the media loves running these nonsense stories to ruin your life.
Everything on YouTube is Fake
Many if not most of the “free yard cleanup” videos (with some exceptions) are fake content mill click bait. The Algorithm drives these fakes to millions of views. They are created by editing together unrelated police, HOA, neighbors and lawn cutting scenes.
Social: More brilliant intelligence on X
“James” suggests we should pave over the Salinas Valley of CA as a more productive use of land. The valley produces a majority of the US supply of numerous vegetables, berries, etc.
Politics: Some call this the most expensive Tweet in history
Gotta love scumbags mothing off. The main purpose of social media is too look foolish.
Follow up Social media: The “Coldplay” Kisscam video was not what people thought it was
Things are not always what they seem – but the social media mob can still destroy people.
How to make your chart really scary
Use a “cumulative” count rather than an incidence rate.