Darren Maule: You can't be clueless anymore
I hate being THAT guy at dinner parties or family functions in fact with any social interaction who has to say; "I'm sorry to say, but you are wrong."
We have become a people who, if a story cannot be told in its entirety in 90 seconds or less, it's not going to be heard before being interrupted and then both the story, and you, are forgotten.
You don't want that!
So the more succinct and the more controversial the story the better. Invariably a story, any story, has a point of origin and through a series of social media broken-telephone, the original story is whittled down to a fraction of the story it originated as.
Not many people have the inclination to fact-check or research the source of a story before they share-comment-share-comment-share until the comments become the story and the original truth dies a horrible death of obscurity and inconvenience.
Have you heard any of these stories lately?
Here are some published in major publications and ALL incorrect, incomplete or completely misleading:
1. The blonde gene will die.
2. Parents inviting children to measles parties.
3. Catholic priest met God and he is a she.
4. Saudi's to open a Sharia compliant sex shop.
5. Pope says dogs go to heaven.
6. Mark Zuckerberg to give 99% of his wealth to Facebook 'friends.'
These stories are great and make great water-cooler chats but they are wrong. And when you share them you are not only wrong but you are a non-truth enabler.
Google now has a handy fact-check label on all news stories. Now you can be an enlightened and fascinating individual and not Mrs. Jones from the hairdresser who heard it from so and so who heard it from...
Thank you Google for two things.
1. Now people have no excuse for not knowing.
You don't want that!
So the more succinct and the more controversial the story the better. Invariably a story, any story, has a point of origin and through a series of social media broken-telephone, the original story is whittled down to a fraction of the story it originated as.
Not many people have the inclination to fact-check or research the source of a story before they share-comment-share-comment-share until the comments become the story and the original truth dies a horrible death of obscurity and inconvenience.
Have you heard any of these stories lately?
Here are some published in major publications and ALL incorrect, incomplete or completely misleading:
1. The blonde gene will die.
2. Parents inviting children to measles parties.
3. Catholic priest met God and he is a she.
4. Saudi's to open a Sharia compliant sex shop.
5. Pope says dogs go to heaven.
6. Mark Zuckerberg to give 99% of his wealth to Facebook 'friends.'
These stories are great and make great water-cooler chats but they are wrong. And when you share them you are not only wrong but you are a non-truth enabler.
Google now has a handy fact-check label on all news stories. Now you can be an enlightened and fascinating individual and not Mrs. Jones from the hairdresser who heard it from so and so who heard it from...
Thank you Google for two things.
1. Now people have no excuse for not knowing.
2. I can continue to say; "I'm sorry to say but you are wrong."