[rebel]

10-15 years ago, I was certain that "bullshitting" people was going to disappear in the near future. It seemed inevitable that people would just pull out their phone and fact check any scam or lie. In a bizarre twist, it appears the opposite has happened.

[alexbeloi]

Yeah... with 1000 conflicting versions of any event, it's more difficult than ever to sift through the misinformation. Then one brilliant soul will say "aha, I know the solution, I will hire experts and engineers to efficiently sift through information sources and present people with a version of truth we can be confident about!", behold the birth of the 1001st version of events.

[rdiddly]

Fact-checking is more convenient now, but there's still no antidote for a lie someone wants to believe.

[mkirklions]

If you can put information in someones eyes, you can bullshit them.

That only costs money in 2018.