Internet Credibility Skepticism

This cluster centers on repeated warnings and sarcastic remarks about not believing everything read on the internet, emphasizing the unreliability of online information.

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Sample Comments

It's on the internet, so it must be true!

vaksel Sep 13, 2008 View on HN

solution: don't believe everything you read on the internet

DataWorker Jan 29, 2021 View on HN

When someone tells you not to believe what you read on the internet, on the internet.

middle Feb 25, 2008 View on HN

This is on the internet, so it must be true!

dannyr Jun 8, 2013 View on HN

It can't be. It's on the internet so it must be true.

acdanger Apr 5, 2018 View on HN

You act like the internet is some fount of unvarnished knowledge.

dangus Jul 13, 2023 View on HN

Not everything you read on the Internet is true.

create_account May 17, 2007 View on HN

You can't believe everything you read on the internets.

blagie Feb 12, 2025 View on HN

"I saw it on the internet, so it must be true!"

irjustin Aug 10, 2024 View on HN

You always trust what someone on the internet tells you?