Facebook sadness – Natalie Burg

September 16, 2013September 17, 2013General Life Whatnot Possibly Sort of Ranty Writing

Unfortunately, it’s not the internet’s fault, guys.

I had an internet meltdown today. I saw an article in my Facebook newsfeed, one that being commented on and shared that 1) was factually incorrect, 2) listed no author, nor identified the credentials of the site itself, 3) used links to other posts on the same site as the majority of its source citations. Why? Why was this on the internet? Why had it gotten picked up by a major news source? AND WHY DOES IT MAKE ME WANT TO PULL MY TOENAILS OUT?