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Many Twitter sources were also saying that it's nothing or a hoax or whatever right up until a week or two ago (and probably some still are).
by creato 7y ago
Many Twitter sources were also saying that it's nothing or a hoax or whatever right up until a week or two ago (and probably some still are).
- SpicyLemonZest 7y agoCertainly, and I get your point, but none of them were sources I would have considered reliable in the first place. There's always a selection problem, just as listening to reliable traditional media requires you to screen out conspiracy outlets who pretend to be legitimate newspapers.
- pault 7y agoYour and GP's comments are a perfect illustration of the social media bubble effect. Some people saw an entire news feed telling them it was nothing to worry about, and another group saw a news feed saying it was going to be a global pandemic. It's easy to point the finger after the fact, but you have to understand that people will believe what they perceive as being "common knowledge", and in this day and age that means whatever their twitter and facebook friends say for the majority of people.