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Originally posted by Sweetsound: ↑

Truth? What's that?

https://www.benton.org/headlines/how-much-internet-fake-turns-out-lot-it-actually

Excerpt:

Studies generally suggest that, year after year, less than 60 percent of web traffic is human; some years, according to some researchers, a healthy majority of it is bot. For a period of time in 2013, a full half of YouTube traffic was “bots masquerading as people,” ...

The article is dated 27 Dec 2018 - is that even true? Who knows. Can imagine it has gotten worse since - true, or is it? Well yes, if the following is true:

https://www.demandsage.com/fake-news-statistics/

Excerpt:

In 2025, fake news continues to pollute the internet at an alarming scale, with 62% of online content now deemed false.

Even you and others here could be bots. Sad, but could be true. Believe what you want but beware, the info could be fake. Hard to tackle all the 'pollution'. Trust me doesn't cut it anymore.

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could be... fake news?

scepticism required with every post.

I'm not credible according to some.... and why should I be? no-one else is.....
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