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asbruckman OP t1_iw7cklz wrote

Reply to comment by cyalknight in People who post stories marked false by Snopes on Reddit fall into five groups: Reason to Disagree, Changed Belief, Steadfast Non-Standard Belief, Sharing to Debunk, and Sharing for Humor. Reducing misinformation requires different approaches for each group. by asbruckman

We were surprised to find Snopes fact checking some obviously humorous stories. But I guess sometimes people believe them?

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sailor_sega_saturn t1_iw8tgyb wrote

A photo of an elephant carrying a lion cub may seem obviously doctored to you or me, but I'm not sure it would have been obvious to 10 year old me.

Or if there was an obviously false story involving football rules instead of animal behavior, I'd probably have no idea.

I suspect that even "obvious" fact checks can help with building up a good intuition for truthiness.

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cyalknight t1_iw7gj7p wrote

This one was moderately good, but no shadow on cub. But if I spotted it, it was probably the story. Do these things happen, why is the Elephant holding the cub? Why aren't they attacking each other?

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