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That's one thing I just don't get. When I started on the internet there were 3 rules that were drilled into my head. 1. Don't believe everything or anything y
by kneebonian 4y ago
That's one thing I just don't get.
When I started on the internet there were 3 rules that were drilled into my head.
1. Don't believe everything or anything you see on the internet.
2. Don't divulge any personal information on the internet
3. Don't take anything on the internet seriously.
It seems like those three rules solve most of the problems we have on the internet. I've also noticed most of the issues and problems associated with the internet came about after people started breaking rule number 2.
Maybe the solution is instead of trying to ban anonymous internet usage we instead ban identified internet usage.
- logicalmonster 4y agoSeriously promoting those rules would go a long way towards solving many of the Internet's problems surrounding misinformation and privacy, but would create an even bigger crisis for the ruling class. The problem is that powerful people don't also want the masses to apply a lens of skepticism to everything they hear coming from them. There is no way for them to promote a message of "don't believe everything you hear" and not have that bite them back hard because people would also apply that rule towards them. This is why attempts to solving "misinformation" have so far been things like "independent fact checkers" and outright censorship.