re: #33 The Squire of Logos

Facebook’s algorithms are truly awful, but there are far too many credulous people who believe everything they read or view on the internet. “I saw it on the internet, it must be true!” is still a rallying cry for ignorance.

First of all, that applies to almost any medium (my mom insisted that the only reason she read the National Enquirer was so that she would know what the other ladies at the hairdresser’s were talking about).

I recall some years ago seeing a headline on my ex-GF’s FB thread: “Great Barrier Reef Declared Dead”.

Even a cursory reading of the article indicated that the GBR was far from dead, but that began to make me aware of what a fucking useless source of information FB was.