In the age of lightning-speed communication, it’s more important now than ever to have good media literacy. It’s how you can tell the difference between misinformation and actual facts. Unfortunately, some people are more than happy to click the reshare button without considering what they’re doing.
The @cnviolations account shares some of the most epic moments when community fact-checkers called out misinformation on X (formerly Twitter). Scroll down to see just how shameless some lies on social media can get... and why informative context is so important!
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As we’ve covered on Bored Panda recently, some people like to believe in conspiracy theories because it gives them a sense of control in a chaotic and confusing world. The scarier and more uncertain a situation is, the more likely that people will cling to theories that, though inaccurate, help them make sense of the world.
Conspiracy theories aren’t backed by evidence. The people who believe in them discount any evidence that doesn’t support them. However, if you’re willing to consider evidence and are open to changing your mind when given solid proof, you’re less likely to fall victim to a conspiracy theory.
It's really sad that people like this exist. Hate just for the sake of hating.
The world doesn’t objectively become a less complicated place because someone chooses to believe simplistic black-or-white narratives. It’s up to us to look for the nuances and embrace them, even if they’re uncomfortable or don’t match our subjective experiences or political leanings.
A good rule of thumb is to be extremely wary of claims that are overly simplistic or have very clear heroes and villains. The world is more complicated than clean and clear fights between perfect good and total evil. That’s why context, provided by reliable sources, matters so much.
I can't believe we have to tell anyone that but here we find ourselves.
If you listen carefully, you can hear the sounds of the vacuum vaginas.
Over 693.6K people follow @cnviolations, aka ‘community notes violating people,’which documents some of the most epic takedowns of misinformation, as done by members of the @communitynotes project—a real program meant to combat lies on X.
The @cnviolations account on X is in no way affiliated with the social network, nor the @communitynotes program. However, indirectly, it shares a lot of comedic moments and also shows to what extent some social media users twist the truth or believe in others’ lies.
The actual Community Notes project has 782.8K followers and describes itself as a collaborative way to add helpful context to posts. This way, everyone using X or reading tweets (or are those called Xs now?) elsewhere, can stay better informed.
Though it’s no panacea, the project does reduce the number of people who are misled. All with the power of helpful notes!
My cousin uses a wheelchair and he used to be able to cross his legs in one. Unfortunately he can't anymore as he has got weaker but he used to
I’ve had to use a wheelchair on occasion. Technically, I could always walk or move, it was just incredibly agonizing. Edit: I also try not to use wheelchairs if not absolutely necessary because people have this idea that wheelchair = stupid/mentally disabled.
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Imagine gaslighting someone for not meeting your expectation for their disability. Must be a fun guy to be around.
Ruth Madeley was born with spina bifida and although she can move her lower body, she can't support her weight standing up.
What is with people thinking wheelchair is only for leg paralysis? Like if you have any other condition that might make it hard to stand up or walk for long periods, hard cheese you have to drag yourself around?
Right? My dad required a wheelchair for his last several years whenever he left the house but could get around well enough with a cane for limited periods.
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I once annoyed a friend's friend who was in a wheelchair because I assumed she wouldn't be fast enough to chase me if she decided to take revenge. Turned out she can get out of it and charge at me. Long story short, I was thrown into a well by her and another friend, but we all had fun, so it's not that bad.
after seeing this dude do about 50kph on his tricked out electric wheelchair, I don't doubt it. Also engineering students are a crazy bunch
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I have mobility issues, don't use a wheelchair and could never cross my legs, not even as a child. Disabilities aren't the same to everyone.
Friend of mine used to be able to get around with a walker at home, but needed a wheelchair for longer distances, back then she could cross her legs too. She's sadly now electric wheelchair bound because of further mobility loss.
My MIL uses a wheelchair outside her home because of a broken back. She can walk but not for long. Fortunately, when people see how hard it is for her to stand up and how long it takes, unlike this stupid guy, they don't deny she has a real handicap.
What bothers me is not just that there are people this stupid, but that they are so insistent upon believing that everyone ELSE is, and that they have just "discovered" something or figured something out. Rather than these Dunning-Kruger award winners doing the slightest bit of reflection or research.
We discharge patients using wheelchairs on a daily basis and many have perfectly normal use of their legs. It’s like the people posting this stuff are just imbeciles…
I have a friend who uses a wheelchair because as he gets older, he can't do the braces/canes combo for long periods of time. Blows people's minds when he stands up, then he gets accused of faking it!
I use a wheelchair and I can walk. I have chronic pain, fatigue, and dizziness that make walking hell for my body, but I am physically capable of doing it. I use a wheelchair not because my legs can't move, but because my joints are unstable and my blood pressure random plummets and I can pass out.
Dear Lord, this is just someone that doesn't get out much or mix with other people. Wheelchairs are used for so many different reasons. A person may be able to walk but not for very long, for example. Not every wheel chair user is paralysed from the waist down. In fact, I'd say that's quite unusual.
I know people that can manage without some days and other days need to use their wheelchair.
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Yes, it's David Tennant, who plays Doctor Who too :)
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He probably yells at people that use handicap parking that he sees walking from their car, too. 🙄
The people who contribute to the Community Notes mission are regular users of the X social network. They sign up to write and rate notes. As the founders of the project point out, “the more people that participate, the better the program becomes.” It’s not like random notes show up on posts all over X, however.
Only notes that are rated helpful by people “from diverse perspectives” appear on posts.
It amazes me what people go through to try to prove their superiority to others rather than accepting everyone is equal. Also access to trading platforms have greatly increased along with access to relevant data. Further, calculators that actually do this type of alleged math actually exist. I had one in high school in the mid 90s
Most sharks need to have water passing through their gills to breathe, they must be in constant motion. Can we stop pulling them out of their home.
“To identify notes that are helpful to a wide range of people, notes require agreement between contributors who have sometimes disagreed in their past ratings. This helps prevent one-sided ratings,” the Community Notes team explains in detail.
They believe that it’s vital to give X users a voice in providing informative, diverse context to posts on the network.
One of the fundamental values of Community Notes is transparency. “All contributions are published daily, and our ranking algorithm can be inspected by anyone,” the founders point out that anyone is able to see how things work “under the hood.” It’s nice to see that they’re staying consistent on the importance of openness in everything that they do.
Didn't he also start beef with Disney and was surprised they took action against him?
Says someone who once identified as Korean despite being British, and having lived in Korea for ONE YEAR. Now professional sucker-upper and spewer of right wing talking points...
Any contributor can suggest a note on any post. Other contributors then rate those notes. However, it’s not a popularity contest by any means. “Because notes need to genuinely be found helpful by people who tend to disagree, the program is more likely to identify notes that many people find helpful.”
One question that X users have is whether other users can be trusted to add context to other people’s posts.
“We believe regular people can valuably contribute to identifying and adding helpful context to potentially misleading information. Many of the internet’s existing collaborative sites thrive with the help of non-expert contributions—Wikipedia, for example—and, while it’s not a cure-all, research has shown the potential of incorporating crowdsourced-based approaches as part of a broader toolkit to address misleading information on the internet,” the Community Notes team explains.
According to surveys conducted by the project, people were 20 to 40% less likely to agree with potentially misleading posts if they could read a note attached to them.
Which of these misinfo takedowns impressed you the most? Which ones made you giggle? What’s your personal relationship with X been like after it changed its name from Twitter? Share your thoughts and experiences in the comment section after you’ve enjoyed this list to the fullest, dear Pandas.
I always washed my turtle's shell from above and below with a soft toothbrush and warm water. This is common, but of course the turtle doesn't like it. A turtle needs a clean shell because it produces vitamins from sunlight. If you don't clean the shell and dirt, moss or algae forms on the shell, the turtle can die.
You would think he didn't have access to the Internet and how to use Google.
Also trauma! Bug infestations of any sort can cause trauma, but bedbugs in particular are prone to causing it due to the physical and mental toll they take.
the name of the account of OP should tell everything one need to know about the factual correctness of this s**t!
At first I read it as “demonize”. That can be an option too I guess.
Reader added context: if you see anything claiming that a young woman is allowed to be a high-ranking politician in Japan, fact check it immediately lmao
Uber is a scam. They claim they are a service to hook up private citizens, but control everything including what can be charged. And at the same time try to convince governments and such that these people aren't their employees so that they don't have to pay for their benefits. This is how you take an already low paying job in a lot of areas (taxi driver) and ring out money from it to make a few people rich. Another thing I don't understand is that if you ask people these days if they would hitch a ride and they will tell you that no way they would get into a stranger's car.
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From the comments here, I can tell that a lot more people then me on here watch Matt Rose...
Some of these are good, some of these are not. Just cause the majority says a thing doesn't mean that thing is correct. Just look at the majority of politicians saying it's okay to genocide the gaza strip.
I don't know why you're getting downvoted. It was really sickening to hear the politicians say "all of them" in response to a question of "how many dead Palestinians are enough?".
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If I ever learn anything from this website it is this. Keep your fat ignorant mouth shut or face consequences.
From the comments here, I can tell that a lot more people then me on here watch Matt Rose...
Some of these are good, some of these are not. Just cause the majority says a thing doesn't mean that thing is correct. Just look at the majority of politicians saying it's okay to genocide the gaza strip.
I don't know why you're getting downvoted. It was really sickening to hear the politicians say "all of them" in response to a question of "how many dead Palestinians are enough?".
Load More Replies... If I ever learn anything from this website it is this. Keep your fat ignorant mouth shut or face consequences.
