Want to Make a Lie Seem True? Say It Again. And Again. And Again

Feb 11, 2017 20:23

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THIS IS WHY EVERYBODY NEEDS TO STOP TALKING ABOUT THE BOWL GREEN THING! It doesn’t MATTER that you’re talking about it to mock it, every time those three words appear together it becomes a little more true.

STOP REPEATING THE LIES. Just state the true facts, over and over

This is tricky on tumblr and facebook, because when you add a reply with the truth, your followers end up seeing the wrong stuff first, and what’s at the start of a post is going to stick in the brain more than what’s at the end. Every time you’re commenting to correct your idiot uncle on facebook, all your friends are seeing the garbage articles he shared.

Consider carefully if giving something more exposure is really worth correcting it (especially if you have a lot of followers). Maybe it would be better to make a new post with only the truth, perhaps tagging the people who (re)posted the original thing

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