Gizmodo:
Can you spot the fakes? Hundreds of amazing images wash over our greedy eyeballs each and every day, clogging our Twitter timelines and Facebook feeds. Many of them are fakes, lies, or both. Like these!
I’m seeing more and more of these being passed around Twitter. Even worse, being passed around by people who should know better.
If the headline was “These viral photos were totally fake, but what happened next will REALLY surprise you with five simple tricks they don’t want you to know!” … then people would click on it.
I hate the internet.
I like the clear label that tells me where the story is from… I’m not going to Gizmodo. Thanks.
I find myself skipping links all the time nowadays. Not just here, on Twitter and everywhere else.