You personally don’t have to engage at all. In fact with the way algorithms work, very specifically do NOT engage if you’re not ready to go all in. But be aware that there are plenty of people out there ready to fill the information void with whatever nonsense that benefits them.
Nobody has to be a crusader against misinformation, but I’d strongly caution against thinking that just ignoring the problem will make it go away.
I would also caution against thinking that you can just screem yourself horse about stuff and it will make it go away. I have to deal with my life and I will engage in stuff when I have the will and time. My wife was bringing me all sorts of crap from youtube and I had to continually tell her to stop doing it. Yes I can debunk it but it can take anywhere from 10 minutes to a few hours to debunk it and a well done and quality debunk takes the hours while the 10 min is just yeah you can basically see this is nonsense. But you could see its nonsense from the get go sometimes with just a bit of basic logic. Unfortunately she has not had an elementary logic class and when people do not have experience in it or appropriate education backgrounds to fully utilize it (math and science but sometimes it needs law or humanities) for many things and of course if you don’t do things like suduko or clues by sam (which is amazing) you won’t be able to do it as quickly. Those bubbles do not collapse because some folks stop by and write a paragraph debunking their claim especially when evidence is internet links. Real life I will though as those people can’t just log off or let others fill them with bunk while we are conversing. They will have to defend their position on the merits they are aware of in real time without doing web searches.
You personally don’t have to engage at all. In fact with the way algorithms work, very specifically do NOT engage if you’re not ready to go all in. But be aware that there are plenty of people out there ready to fill the information void with whatever nonsense that benefits them.
Nobody has to be a crusader against misinformation, but I’d strongly caution against thinking that just ignoring the problem will make it go away.
I would also caution against thinking that you can just screem yourself horse about stuff and it will make it go away. I have to deal with my life and I will engage in stuff when I have the will and time. My wife was bringing me all sorts of crap from youtube and I had to continually tell her to stop doing it. Yes I can debunk it but it can take anywhere from 10 minutes to a few hours to debunk it and a well done and quality debunk takes the hours while the 10 min is just yeah you can basically see this is nonsense. But you could see its nonsense from the get go sometimes with just a bit of basic logic. Unfortunately she has not had an elementary logic class and when people do not have experience in it or appropriate education backgrounds to fully utilize it (math and science but sometimes it needs law or humanities) for many things and of course if you don’t do things like suduko or clues by sam (which is amazing) you won’t be able to do it as quickly. Those bubbles do not collapse because some folks stop by and write a paragraph debunking their claim especially when evidence is internet links. Real life I will though as those people can’t just log off or let others fill them with bunk while we are conversing. They will have to defend their position on the merits they are aware of in real time without doing web searches.