Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Because there are a lot… A LOT of stupid/ignorant people in the world.
I have to interact every now and then with someone who is a MrBeast stan. He’s in his 20s or 30s and has a kid of his own. He’s also a fan of xxtentacion and even when he was confronted with facts about MrBeast being a scammer and abuser, and xxtentacion beating his pregnant girlfriend, he said it was just haters making up stories. I literally linked him an NBC article about whatever current controversial shit MrBeast was up to, and he said that “y’know you really shouldn’t trust .com domains”
I don’t disagree with Mr Beast being a scammer and abuser, and I also don’t disagree with a domain being untrustworthy just because it’s a .com domain.
That being said, I should point out that the news/media isn’t exactly reliable. NBC is no exception. Even if the article is true (which it most likely is), I wouldn’t blame someone for not trusting NBC.
I get it that the media is captured by billionaires but my point is that I don’t think that NBC, a television network that has been around for 100 years, would put their reputation on the line to publish lies about a random wealthy YouTuber, who likely has lawyers on retainer that could sue for libel.
“i DuNnO, mAn. TrUmP sUeS pEoPlE a LoT, sO tHeY mUsT bE fAkE111!!1!!1!”
SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 3 days ago
So basically half of internet? What a stupid stance.
IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
“Don’t trust half of the internet” is really not that stupid idea, although it should be much higher than half. But that approach from above is of course stupid on many different levels.