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[–] [email protected] 291 points 1 day ago (4 children)

For those wondering, this played out well! OP found someone to take the job. His wife bit on the prank gleefully, was actually thrilled by the idea that OP had a son he didn't know about. When the prank was revealed, she thought it was hilarious. Ultimately pretty wholesome, OP married a keeper.

[–] [email protected] 224 points 1 day ago (5 children)

We fired our fact-checkers, so we cannot verify whether that is true or not.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

i would like to post a community note saying that i personally believe it to be true

[–] [email protected] 13 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I can assure you it is true as I was there. I was the $100 note.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago

I can also assure you it is true. I was given a $100 not.. uh wait no you didn't hear that

[–] talentedkiwi 56 points 1 day ago (1 children)

True or not, this is the outcome we deserve.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago

It's the outcome I want to believe as well.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Literally everything about it's anecdotal so the best result a fact-checker could have is a shrug.

[–] MyNameIsIgglePiggle 5 points 16 hours ago

Nah they have actual footage from the event

[–] [email protected] 5 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

They couldn't before they fired them either, so not a lot has changed. Their "fact checkers" were poorly written algorithms that frequently flagged benign content as misinformation.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 20 hours ago

Their "fact checkers" were poorly written algorithms that frequently flagged benign content as misinformation.

I think the goal was to flag benign content as misinformation to push truthful content to the same level as flat earth content.

So doing exactly what was intended.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

The AI replacement says this is true.

[–] [email protected] 74 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 23 hours ago

Look at mister MVP over here.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

ahahahaha, thanks for linking

[–] [email protected] 20 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

He's playing checkers, she's playing 3d go.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago

I think 3d go is called gone

[–] [email protected] -2 points 16 hours ago

and everyone clapped