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Fri Sep 23, 2016, 10:45 AM Sep 2016

Just how much total bullshit is on the Internet?

ABC news had a segment about how people went to two web sites mostly, to get information about the zika virus.

The first one was the CDC, which had accurate information.

The one visited more often was "Natural News," which posted conspiracy theories about how zika was a "hoax."
Figures.

Just look at all the total shit, satire and obvious hoaxes people get suckered into.

http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_2257_19-fake-news-stories-internet-thinks-are-true/

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Just how much total bullshit is on the Internet? (Original Post) Archae Sep 2016 OP
In what unit should that quantity be measured - nanoTrumppences (nTr, S.I.) or palins (P, Imp.)? xocet Sep 2016 #1
Start at the bottom -- Google "time cube" longship Sep 2016 #2
About as much as in the society at large? JackRiddler Oct 2016 #3
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