• Squizzy@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    They asolutely should and likely do have a duty to challenge falsehoods.

    The word private makes people feel like it isnt anyone’s business but that isnt the case.

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      3 months ago

      I’d rather “trust” a company that cuts the bullshit with notices like

      The stories and information posted here are artistic works of fiction and falsehood.
      Only a fool would take anything posted here as fact.

      to remind the user that trusting noncredible information from unreliable sources is a ridiculous concept.

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        3 months ago

        Except for the users presenting shit as facts and it being promoted through their platform.

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          3 months ago

          Doesn’t reminding users not to be so gullible address that?

          A problem is promoting unrealistic expectations that untrustworthy information is reliable because someone else will unerringly determine the truth & catch falsehoods from spreading. Claiming that ever made sense is bogus.