LibsEatPoop [any]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-21 year agoWhat is the purpose of the fakenews comm?message-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the purpose of the fakenews comm?LibsEatPoop [any]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square39fedilinkfile-text
It’s annoying. Yes, I’ve blocked it now. But why was it created in the first place? What do people get out of it?
minus-squareAlpineSteakHouse [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year ago“Satire requires a clarity of purpose and target lest it be mistaken for and contribute to that which it intends to criticize”
minus-squaredead [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoI’m not sure why you put that in quotes like you are citing some tome of great knowledge. It’s an unattributed quote from tumblr. It means nothing. I think fakenews is funny and it is labeled a joke. It says fake in the name.
minus-squareFourteenEyes [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agomr tumblr is helping me find my clarity of purpose
“Satire requires a clarity of purpose and target lest it be mistaken for and contribute to that which it intends to criticize”
I’m not sure why you put that in quotes like you are citing some tome of great knowledge. It’s an unattributed quote from tumblr. It means nothing.
I think fakenews is funny and it is labeled a joke. It says fake in the name.
mr tumblr is helping me find my clarity of purpose