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The Factoid Leveling Experience
- n4r9 4y agoThis article would be better if the it provided concrete examples at each level. An example of "leveling up" an idea would also be useful. Otherwise it's a little too vague. Tangentially, "factoid" is one of those words whose meaning is changing because it doesn't sound like what it means. The actual/original definition is "something false that's repeated so often it becomes true". Ironically, the definition of factoid is itself a sort of factoid.
- asplake 4y agoBlame CNN? That’s where I learned the word. From Wikipedia: "factoid: (the CNN version): a little-known bit of information; trivial but interesting data." [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factoid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factoid