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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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A friend of mine just posted proof of a viral story about a soldier being refused service for wearing his uniform in tesco being a lie.
Apparently there isn't even a tesco in the location stated in the "story"
Has anyone else found a story on faceache that is just bullshit. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Most stories on Faceache are bullshit. Particularly the "if I get 1,000 likes I'll get a free life-saving operation" type bobbins.
As if hospital policy on who does / doesn't get critical life saving treatment depends on how many Facebook likes they get? And some deluded idiots believe it too   |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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I don't have the Face thingy but I do wonder why everyone thinks that because something is on the interweb it must be true?
Wikipedia gets used as a first resource by people and a fair bit of it is just made up.
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By *ee VianteWoman
over a year ago
Somewhere in North Norfolk |
"A friend of mine just posted proof of a viral story about a soldier being refused service for wearing his uniform in tesco being a lie.
Apparently there isn't even a tesco in the location stated in the "story"
Has anyone else found a story on faceache that is just bullshit."
Loads of them.
One word. Snopes.
The rule of thumb on Facebook is to believe it's not true until it's proved otherwise. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I don't have the Face thingy but I do wonder why everyone thinks that because something is on the interweb it must be true?
Wikipedia gets used as a first resource by people and a fair bit of it is just made up.
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If it's on the Internet it must be true, hmmm so I'm not six foot with a 12" member lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
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A lot of my clients try to use wire services to disseminate fraudulent/inaccurate news stories. One story got through a few months back, a company almost doubled in value on the FTSE as a result - causing a criminal inquiry.
Everything is now checked via laborious manual reading. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"A lot of my clients try to use wire services to disseminate fraudulent/inaccurate news stories. One story got through a few months back, a company almost doubled in value on the FTSE as a result - causing a criminal inquiry.
Everything is now checked via laborious manual reading."
Oops, NASDAQ. Luckily I'm not an editor. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Religion for many years has tried to get people to accept facts without questioning them and accept eye for eye retribution with considering consequences
Facebook without trying appears to have succeeded
It's a horrible spectacle
Question EVERYTHING |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"A friend of mine just posted proof of a viral story about a soldier being refused service for wearing his uniform in tesco being a lie.
Apparently there isn't even a tesco in the location stated in the "story"
Has anyone else found a story on faceache that is just bullshit."
Most of these types of story are peddled by Britain First, the EDL or other right-wing groups. They're absolute shite 99% of the time. |
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"A friend of mine just posted proof of a viral story about a soldier being refused service for wearing his uniform in tesco being a lie.
Apparently there isn't even a tesco in the location stated in the "story"
Has anyone else found a story on faceache that is just bullshit."
I'm concerned that you even need to ask. Most of the stories on Facebook are crap - not just the odd one. |
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By *ee VianteWoman
over a year ago
Somewhere in North Norfolk |
"100s. I find hoaxslayer and Snopes useful in detecting fakes. I've not had anyone thank me for pointing out they are spreading cobblers  "
My mum got very huffy when I mentioned this very thing to her. |
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