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MineralMan

(146,327 posts)
Mon Sep 11, 2017, 10:00 AM Sep 2017

Tip for fact-checking images before posting them on DU

Before posting some amazing image from Twitter or some other source, take the time to right click the image and then click "Search Google for image." That's in Windows. You can also copy the link to the image and paste it into a google image search to look for other instances of that image. Look at where that image has appeared for guidance on whether or not to spread it further around the Internet.

That way, if the image is a hoax, you'll probably find debunking information about that image on Google. Who knows. Fact-checking might save you some embarrassment sometimes.

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Tip for fact-checking images before posting them on DU (Original Post) MineralMan Sep 2017 OP
K&R stonecutter357 Sep 2017 #1
hmmm.... unblock Sep 2017 #2
Perfect. Hoyt Sep 2017 #4
LOL! Clearly my avatar is a hoax. MineralMan Sep 2017 #5
That's why I checked this one thoroughly before posting Orrex Sep 2017 #3
Wow! Aren't you glad you didn't post that as MineralMan Sep 2017 #6
Yes, I've been hurt before Orrex Sep 2017 #9
But, but then I might not be first! Iggo Sep 2017 #7
A quick example of discerning a false versus true fact. TheBlackAdder Sep 2017 #8
Great Instructions....I spend so many hours debunking stuff my family comes across HipChick Sep 2017 #10
I like a little head left-of-center2012 Sep 2017 #11
Yah, me, too. Especially that one. MineralMan Sep 2017 #12
I Know This Is Real Without Checking JimGinPA Sep 2017 #13

HipChick

(25,485 posts)
10. Great Instructions....I spend so many hours debunking stuff my family comes across
Mon Sep 11, 2017, 10:45 AM
Sep 2017
I have all but given up with them.....
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