“Who saw that comi… who saw where that came from!”
this post was submitted on 09 Jan 2025
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Oh, no It's not like Mastodon instances have fact checkers or even sufficient moderation staff
Back in my day we were perfectly capable of checking our own facts. A rare skill these days.
I have an idea. Make it so every time you create a social media account, you have to check "agree" to a giant banner that says "if you take anything you see on here seriously, you are an idiot.". That's how we used to automatically treat things on the Internet at first glance.
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