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   Kit Malone (thekitmalone@hoosier.social)'s status on Monday, 16-Jun-2025 10:19:44 JST Kit Malone

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   Some of the folks who regularly share wild takes designed to get liberals to reshare them? Yeah, they are disinfo actors - some are even state actors. Their goal in getting you to reshare their content may not be obvious or easy to ascertain. You are probably not even their primary target. Don't help them out.

   Stick to reputable sources that you have a history with. Even that's not a replacement for just having some discernment, though. You should also cultivate that.

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     Kit Malone (thekitmalone@hoosier.social)'s status on Monday, 16-Jun-2025 10:19:46 JST Kit Malone

     Learn to tell the difference between an internet rando with a wild theory and an informed opinion.

     Both can be right, and both can be wrong and it's not always immediately obvious which is which.

     But only one of them is someone you should be sharing news from during a fluid crisis.

     It's far too easy for even people of good will to contribute to misinformation, paranoia, and ultimately that can have bad consequences in a crisis.

     Paul Cantrell repeated this.