• Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 days ago

    Linking to sources, that is a big one. Even something as honest as “I read it off this Wikipedia page [link]” goes a long way in showing that the poster is not pulling an idea out of their ass.

    I will always prefer having debates where both sides cite their information, even if there isn’t a satisfying agreement at the end. Plus, faulty sources can be debunked when more eyes are able to scrutinize it.

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      3 days ago

      On the opposite end of the spectrum:

      “I put it into chatGPT and it said George Soros is funding ISIS to raid Epstein Island.”

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        3 days ago

        Still more credibility if you cite it rather than copy+paste XD

        (And we can laugh at the poster who decided that was a valid source)