Are Hoaxes Allowed at MR?

[ericgtr12]

According to this rule, they are not. Yet there is a well publicized hoax being shared in PRSI that MR refuses to address. Can you please explain for the group why this is?

 

[SuperMatt]

For example, consider if somebody posted a video promoting false cures for coronavirus. Such information could be quite detrimental.

 

[ruslan120]

Are hoaxes actually forbidden and is @ericgtr12 pulling a fast one?

I think we all learned something new and left with more questions than answers on today’s edition of MacRumors.

Thanks for listening to my podcast.

 

[arn]

According to this rule, they are not. Yet there is a well publicized hoax being shared in PRSI that MR refuses to address. Can you please explain for the group why this is?

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I think you need to block yourself from the politics forum. It’s clearly causing you a lot of distress.

I had to unblock the politics forum for myself to read through the thread. The discussion is mostly about how insane the video is. Some defending aspects of it - which are already being debated elsewhere. no one promoting it as truth. No one is being “tricked” by this video.

The video was removed from twitter and Facebook because literally tens of millions of people were being exposed to this video which was hosted on their platforms.

We can block the link itself, but it seems mostly pedantic, since it’s message is being discussed.

arn