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So these students failed. A new batch will be back next year, and they'll not slip up this way - they could well be creating wikipedia aliases already in prepa
by willvarfar 15y ago
So these students failed. A new batch will be back next year, and they'll not slip up this way - they could well be creating wikipedia aliases already in preparation for taking the course later, for example, or using other collaborative sources.
The key thing is that reddit hasn't just saved us. It hasn't just demonstrated you cannot put out bias and falsehood on the Internet. Its just whacked a mole because the students were, well, students.
- scott_w 15y agoI don't think it's about success or failure. What's more interesting is how the different communities responded to the attempted hoaxes. This can help us understand how different hoaxes, memes etc. are spread and how they are, or aren't, debunked.