> While slightly silly, I think in future people might start to take internet way less serious when you can literally make things up. LOL. Uhuh. Go read up o

> While slightly silly, I think in future people might start to take internet way less serious when you can literally make things up. LOL. Uhuh. Go read up on the raft of cognitive biases that humans are subject to. People won't take the internet less seriously, they'll just keep doing what they do now: only believe the stuff that confirms what they already think. The only difference is the tsunami of fake information will make it impossible for even well-meaning people to be able to tell the difference between truth and lies. Back in 2016 folks coined the idea that we were transitioning to a post-truth era: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-truth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-truth We're now transitioning to a post-fact era. Buckle up. It's gonna be interesting...