• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
      72·
      1 day ago

      Okay, but the person says it depends if they’re presented as real or just funny jokes. This is an image with no source on c/LemmyShitpost. Why would anyone even begin to assume it was real?

      • fallingcats@discuss.tchncs.de
        1·
        1 day ago

        Yeah okay, but I didn’t see that it was in a shit posting community because I was scrolling through ALL, and others seemingly didn’t either.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
          11·
          1 day ago

          I’m not sure why that is anyone’s fault but yours. There is no way to force you to pay attention to the fact that you’re in a shitpost community.

      • Nythos@sh.itjust.works
        21·
        1 day ago

        People taking shit at face value and not understanding it’s a joke/satire is exactly why misinformation is so rampant right now