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Do you remember Bonsai Kitten, and the breathlessly horrified email campaigns against it? People have had difficulty determining real from fake for a long time.
by kibibu 7y ago
Do you remember Bonsai Kitten, and the breathlessly horrified email campaigns against it? People have had difficulty determining real from fake for a long time.
- esmi 7y agoIt’s way older than that. This is just one I know off the top of my head. I’m sure there are many other, older, examples. https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/colonial-life-today/fake-news-is-nothing-new/ https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/colonial-life-...
- kibibu 7y agoYes of course; but it's the earliest one I remember being a purely online phenomenon that suckered people in. Besides, of course, the stupid lists of factoids that used to get emailed around - duck quacks don't echo etc.