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How many articles have had the premise "You can't trust wikipedia, because it's full of lies! Why, just look at this handful of lies I've put on there!"
by knodi123 10y ago
How many articles have had the premise "You can't trust wikipedia, because it's full of lies! Why, just look at this handful of lies I've put on there!"
- incongruity 10y agoBut that's not what this is, really. It points out the greater danger of the propagation of those lies. It's entirely reasonable to assume others might similarly lie and this article demonstrates how such lies can propagate through the internet in certain cases.
- knodi123 10y agoYes, but his point would be much stronger if it had not been based merely on assumptions. If this is such a problem, then be a journalist- find an example and discuss that.
- TeMPOraL 10y agoIronically, Wikipedia seems to be the only place you can actually trust about Street Sharks...
- DanBC 10y agoBut this isn't about someone editing Wikipedia, and saying "look at Wikipedia". This is about someone editing some minor little website, and then a bunch of companies and other websites copying that information, and then other people saying that information is true and accurate, and even expanding on it with their own memories about the misinformation. That's the scary thing - that people build on the lie. I might not trust that little website, but I should be able to trust Netflix.
- nkrisc 10y agoThe difference is these lies survived for years and were repurposed all the while no one actually bothered to verify them.
- euyyn 10y agoYeah and why would anyone bother?