I basically do not trust any claim or article that I read on Reddit, Hacker News, Facebook, or any other social media by default now, if it triggers the "this m

I basically do not trust any claim or article that I read on Reddit, Hacker News, Facebook, or any other social media by default now, if it triggers the "this may be a controversial topic" flag in my brain. That means anything to do with recent events that would make the news, politics, even practically anything "science-y". HN, Reddit, Twitter and any other semi-anonymous social media site are just too easily gamed and astroturfed by anyone with a VPN and some time. Facebook and Twitter's "organic" content tends towards clickbait preying on people's anger responses.