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
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?
When effing Disney is too progressive for you... 🤦🏽
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None of those things have to do with politics. This is how we got Trump. DeSantis is demonstrably petty and has no business being in any office. Stop caring about how you relate to politicians' public image. Look at their voting history, and you'll see who they really are pretty quick.
And JFK was not the worst president either. He was unfaithful. But otherwise he did some good. I'd say that proves your point too
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Is he the guy who wants to make Fahrenheit 451 non-fiction (book bans in Florida) or is that someone else?
Yes its him. That's why my Granddaughter wears a Read Banned Books tee shirt to school.
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Dedantis is a sociopath. His wife is toxic. The whole family is gross. His campaign is hilarious to watch. He mentioned Florida fourty times while in Boston. I'm sure Bostonians Love hearing about Florida. Lol dedantis is spiraling the toilet bowl.
"Family man", "faithful" - so, they get excited about the most basic human decency? What's next, he's breathing? Tells something about right wingers, if they see that as something special. Must mean the rest of them are cheating abusers.
Americans are easily manipulated into voting for someone who is "friendly" or looks fun to drink a beer with. I say this as an American. DeSantis here used to screen his dates by calling thai food "thigh food" and he would ditch his date if she corrected him. He's basically a controlling, petty man who is misogynistic and wants to be a dictator.
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This might be the best smile photo I have seen of DeSantis and he still looks like someone jammed a gun into his ribs and told him to smile or he's going to get hurt.
He ruined it. To clean up his mess is going to take decades
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JFK wore a back brace, not lifts. The back brace came from serving his country, not serving his vanity.
I'll believe he's this generation's JFK if he gets shot in the head next year, when he's 46.
JFK was actually a combat hero, DeSantis tortured prisoners in Gitmo.
I doubt DeSantis is either. He didn't marry a wife, he hired a puppet.
So DeSantis is better than JFK. Though tbh I'm from the UK and have no idea who DeSantis is so he might be a terrible person
both as a descriptor of a "Florida Man" and for a post on the 50th anniversary of JFK's shooting
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Why would I nominate someone that bans books? Agenda or not, the ones that should be banned are racist/homophobic/xenophobic/etc. propaganda.
A good family man who oversaw/signed off on torture sessions at Guantanamo.
HAHAHHAHAH FAITHFUL EITH HIS EIFE HAHHABAHABABAB Even borrowed mistress with his brother for God sake HAHHAHHAHA
Yep JFK was a womanizer he also enjoyed getting BJ's from his friend look it up
Let's hope DeSantis gets shot in the head as well. It would be best.
I can't condone that comment. Wishing death on someone reflects bad on you. Be better than him. I only wish him explosive diarrhea so that it runs down his leg and into his lifted shoes.
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bet she is. Who on earth would want to sleep with her besides him?
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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.
