Re:Google and Facebook Have Failed Us
by creaghpatr on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @08:39AM
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...so you outsource your Truth to Snopes, got it. I hope Snopes never lets you down.
people will always draw conclusions based on their own observations, good thing Einstein didn't have snopes to say "Actually, the Theory of Relativity is a myth: Pants on Fire rating!
Snopes cites sources and has spent the last couple decades building a reputation for reliability. That doesn’t make them perfect any more than, say, the dictionary contains no errors but the odds overwhelmingly favor them being right over some random internet commenter.
Think back to the US election you can't just "decide" that the story of thousands of Ohio ballots pre-marked for Hillary Clinton was true. http://www.snopes.com/clinton-votes-found-in-warehouse/
You can't just decide that the story of a protester with a rape Melania was true http://www.snopes.com/2016/11/14/melania-sign-at-anti-trump-...
You can't just decide for yourself that climate change isn't true.
The consequences of people deciding for themselves would be globally disastrous.