top | item 34494682 (no title) scifibestfi | 3 years ago Are we at a point where the best heuristic is to assume fake until proven otherwise? discuss order hn newest DoingIsLearning|3 years ago The best heuristic is if there is money to be made then assume some bad agent will find a way to exploit it, always.Fake videos are just one corollary of this. mustacheemperor|3 years ago That is how I was raised to approach the internet approx. 20 years ago, still seems like good advice today. tablespoon|3 years ago > That is how I was raised to approach the internet approx. 20 years ago, still seems like good advice today.The ironic thing is, back then, fakery was less common and easier to spot. danielvaughn|3 years ago This has been my attitude for a while, although my use of TikTok really ramped up my disillusion. The amount of cringe-worthy fakery on that app makes YouTube look sane by comparison. LewisVerstappen|3 years ago Frankly, you have to be pretty stupid if you thought it was possible for 2 dudes to build a waterpark in the jungle out of mud with a couple of rocks. AStrangeMorrow|3 years ago I'd say most of the time the split between legit or not is fairly obvious:- legit: focuses on "simple" builds that they usually work on for months. They also cover many topics and techniques relative to primitive life- fake: build a "primitive" house with pool every few weeks mock-possum|3 years ago when have we ever not been at that point?
DoingIsLearning|3 years ago The best heuristic is if there is money to be made then assume some bad agent will find a way to exploit it, always.Fake videos are just one corollary of this.
mustacheemperor|3 years ago That is how I was raised to approach the internet approx. 20 years ago, still seems like good advice today. tablespoon|3 years ago > That is how I was raised to approach the internet approx. 20 years ago, still seems like good advice today.The ironic thing is, back then, fakery was less common and easier to spot.
tablespoon|3 years ago > That is how I was raised to approach the internet approx. 20 years ago, still seems like good advice today.The ironic thing is, back then, fakery was less common and easier to spot.
danielvaughn|3 years ago This has been my attitude for a while, although my use of TikTok really ramped up my disillusion. The amount of cringe-worthy fakery on that app makes YouTube look sane by comparison.
LewisVerstappen|3 years ago Frankly, you have to be pretty stupid if you thought it was possible for 2 dudes to build a waterpark in the jungle out of mud with a couple of rocks.
AStrangeMorrow|3 years ago I'd say most of the time the split between legit or not is fairly obvious:- legit: focuses on "simple" builds that they usually work on for months. They also cover many topics and techniques relative to primitive life- fake: build a "primitive" house with pool every few weeks
DoingIsLearning|3 years ago
Fake videos are just one corollary of this.
mustacheemperor|3 years ago
tablespoon|3 years ago
The ironic thing is, back then, fakery was less common and easier to spot.
danielvaughn|3 years ago
LewisVerstappen|3 years ago
AStrangeMorrow|3 years ago
- legit: focuses on "simple" builds that they usually work on for months. They also cover many topics and techniques relative to primitive life
- fake: build a "primitive" house with pool every few weeks
mock-possum|3 years ago