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Related: About this forumWhat to do about False info postings?
So, having on a few occasions, wanting to alert posts for misinformation, I was unable to see any such option.
Given the amount of incorrect info we have all seen in posts lately - one of the most egregious or indomitable such bits of info were surrounding the recent trial in Kenosha* - is there any way to alert outright incorrect info? I know we can ask the poster to self delete, but when we get cases of the same misinformation posting over and over again, ad infinitum - well, we are just another face book or twit er.
I know it would be pretty complicated to find a way for jury or others to be able to decree what is truth - but if we have something that is outright wrong and keep coming up a gazillion times - is there any sticky or other thing that can be done to head that stuff off before people post it?
Maybe it is just my observations, but the critical thinking/educated mindset of the users here does not seem to be what it once was. No insult intended to DU or anyone here - I just wonder if there is any way to nip the misinformation in the bud, for all our own (and truth's) sakes.
Any ideas, or something I don't know about, to address this?
(*FYI, I am NOT pro Kyle R in the least - I am just citing this as an example that I think has been so flagrantly obvious of late.)
Shermann
(8,636 posts)consider_this
(2,826 posts)I didn't think that one had enough in it, that would cause a juror to find factually false info guilty of breaking that rule. Especially if the juror does not realize it is false. I feel like something is needed to call attention to the idea that info is false.
obamanut2012
(27,787 posts)bucolic_frolic
(46,948 posts)A is ok and B is ok, but both A&B are bad Dems. I see these as attempts to destabilize peoples' minds. It's 1/2 supportive and 1/2 gaslighting. It's what they did in 2016.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)People have been posting more and more fake crap here. I wish the admins would take that into consideration, but I doubt it.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)Im talking about when someone posts a blatantly false OP. Others will point out its false an eve provide proof.
Theres no alert for false news.
CloudWatcher
(1,923 posts)Alerting because the OP doesn't include sources.
E.g. the endless memes that express things you might wish or think were true, but are
just screen caps of some random Twitter or Facebook post.