I swear the thing that ends up getting me to quit this hellsite might actually be all the smart people who are sharing misinformation just for the sake of cathartic dunks.
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This is apparently from like three years ago and doing the rounds again.https://twitter.com/TalbertSwan/status/1348610740480077827 …
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My method for dealing with this (in case it helps others) is multi staged: * mute RTs of people who repeatedly RT these things * unfollow people who repeatedly Q-RT them * block accounts responsible for penning viral misinfo if they don't remove them a day after being called out
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And I think everyone who realizes they're guilty of this kind of thing should also realize it's totally normal to do and just a matter of how often you do it. I had to unfollow William fucking Gibson today because of this which puts you all in good company.
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Oh no, I felt for both.

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I mean so did I, but I always read the replies and it never takes long to find someone with a correction or reasonable skepticism if there is one (provided you check hidden replies and quote tweets). It stops me from retweeting a lot of junk.
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Ah, this got updated after I caught it. Or the update hadn’t been upvoted enough. The airport vid context I caught (and seemed unbelievable these folks would try to fly after that)
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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I know this isn’t the focus of the thread but: is “Internet Warrior” being used as a pejorative here?
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I don't think so, which is an interesting development. I don't know if the meaning of the term has changed now.
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this one irritates me, I think especially because I retweeted it before digging into it and finding it quite misleadinghttps://twitter.com/SDWolf/status/1347595158301261825?s=19 …
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i'm much less likely to retweet any sort of current events post lately just because there's so much feel-good misinformation, and i can't check all of it
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