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Ms. Toad

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2. Did you forget the sarcasm tag?

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Dec 3, 2024, 11:52 PM

Dec 3

Not only is the internet rife with false posts (and has been for at least a decade), there are way too many false or misleading posts on DU. Without even scanning the front page of GD, I'm pretty sure I could find at least one without moving beyond the front page.

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Someone has started a campaign for us to not trust [View all] applegrove Dec 3 OP

You saw very few false posts on the internet until last week? Fiendish Thingy Dec 3 #1

Did you forget the sarcasm tag? Ms. Toad Dec 3 #2

I'm talking basic facts like where a famous monestary is. applegrove Dec 4 #4

It is not new. Ms. Toad Dec 4 #11

"Our sence of space and sense of time, thus history, are being F'ed with" LudwigPastorius Dec 4 #3

You get it re-inforced everywhere you go. Well not anymore. applegrove Dec 4 #5

Don't think the inaccuracies are a conspiracy, just increasing incompetence and/or use of AI wishstar Dec 4 #6

Maybe it is AI. But I saw the same false info on dates too. applegrove Dec 4 #7

False memories Blue Full Moon Dec 4 #8

We've always been at war with Eastasia. SKKY Dec 4 #9

Not weaponized lies and propaganda, just enshittification happening ms liberty Dec 4 #10

Thank you. Maybe it is AI meant to enshittificate applegrove Dec 4 #13

Facebook's AI Spam Isn't the 'Dead Internet': It's the Zombie Internet WhiskeyGrinder Dec 4 #12