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I received plenty of messages and emails from mostly older relatives spreading COVID misinformation (gargling warm salt water etc). I’m not entirely sure lettin
by shortcake27 4y ago
I received plenty of messages and emails from mostly older relatives spreading COVID misinformation (gargling warm salt water etc). I’m not entirely sure letting people spread whatever misinformation they want without any fact-checking is any better than what we had on Twitter.
- teucris 4y agoHearsay and gossip will happen no matter what. The issue here is amplification - an email from a relative can target a few dozen people at most; a tweet can target a few billion.
- pcdoodle 4y agoThese people spreading this type of macro info in my circles are the ones who never get sick.