I've seen a few things in the last couple of weeks that have proven inaccurate. If what we do and say is to mean anything, then it being truth is most important of all. Be vigilant and don't allow yourselves to spread content that has been manufactured as intentionally false or inflammatory. Check that what you see is legitimate and then by all means share the crap out of it if it is. But be mindful that there are forces at work that want us to be spreading false information. Don't take the bait.
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Proxima ago
Agreed. Lots of bs articles being posted
Yuke ago
Intentionally so as well, I believe.
varialus ago
Or just upvoat shit so that others will fact check it, lol!
But seriously, it is good to fact check shit early and often.
Low_Paid_Porno_Noob ago
You aren't the boss of me.
Neinlife ago
Agreed. We cannot allow ourselves to become the NPC. Watch your thread titles and do not spread propaganda.
The truth, the FACTS, are on our side. There is no excuse for spreading lies
cyclops1771 ago
Suck my dick.
It is my right to promote shitposts and trash across the board.
Dougal_McHaggis ago
If it's a domain with "news", "times", "journal", "freedom", etc in the domain name it's probably made up clickbait bullshit for neocon boomers.
Dougal_McHaggis ago
People see what they want to see. The brain uses 20% of calories, it takes less energy to simply default to set beliefs and accept anything that fits with the current beleif set. It's intellectual obesity.
capnflummox ago
Yeah, thanks mom... go away.
BloatedVoatGoat ago
When in doubt downvoat it out.
MadWorld ago
Last time I was here, this was the fake one, regarding the location of the (((duckduckgo.com))): https://voat.co/v/whatever/2892364. I queried a large number of DNS around the world, and could not find anything connected to isreal as claimed in that screenshot.
As you can see, that fake shit got over 2k views, 140uv and only 32dv!
Traffic stats
Views: 2097 Score
SCP: 108
140 upvotes, 32 downvotes (81% upvoted it)
argosciv ago
Took me a little while, lol.
Argumentative ago
i come here to shitpost, not to work
Joe10jo ago
Great point bc even I’m guilty of doing it.
solvire ago
This should be a PSA for life.
90% of what you hear is bullshit. 50% of what you see is bullshit. Make people prove themselves.
tendiesonfloor ago
Get fucked, Rabbi. You don't get to dictate speech around here. You get one vote like everybody else. And fuck every one of you anti free spee
MJtheWizard ago
This guy gets it.
FecalDemiurge6000 ago
Typically when a post title or the underlying article is a flat-out lie, the top comment will dispel it with factual information. Coming to Voat is like a handful of little redpills this way, and I like this naturally emerging format. Don't get your panties in a bunch.
SkrutinizeYou ago
Yeah, but having a falsehood as the #1 post on voat for half a day makes us all look like foolish chumps. It's embarrassing.
If the top comment proves the post wrong, down oat the whole post on your way out.
srgmpdns ago
Even after it’s been debunked, it’ll have many more upvotes than downvoats.
Many, it seems, vote solely on the title alone.
Merchant_Menace ago
A lot of people only read headlines and not the whole article. People are busy, propagandists exploit this by writing misleading headlines, too. Shills on voat are just carrying that tactic forward another step.
I'm wondering if maybe it's a good idea to create separate posts to call out such fake news posts and encourage people to down vote them into oblivion in the same way we do for people begging for upvotes
srgmpdns ago
I’ve seen it done, but never getting many upvotes nor causing many downvotes on the original.
I guess most people graze, give upvotes to whatever makes them feel like upvoting and move on.
Merchant_Menace ago
Maybe so. Maybe a compilation post containing several fake news posts so they can easily go through and down vote a dozen at a time - complete with explanations of how the bullshit sausage is made on each.... I'll give it a try some time.
srgmpdns ago
Couldn't hurt.
MrPim ago
You can't rely on that though.
tendiesonfloor ago
Two kinds of people in this world. Those that understand the value of propaganda, and those that think this war is a truth telling contest.
Merchant_Menace ago
Also, if you're posting a screen shot of something - provide an archived link to the source to prove you're not lying.
StanTheTRex ago
Especially if your post title makes a claim that's not in your screen shot.