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    4 months ago

    People follow these “sciencey” accounts to think they’re getting a bite sized scientific content but very few will actually fact check. And these account make money from people who think they’ve gotten smarter or have some lesser known facts.

    They’re actually just hoping to make money off of anything from simple stuff to nonsense to drive engagement with a “plausible deniability” by saying it was just for “entertainment”.

    Fox News style of appearing “authentic” but for the money’s sake.

    “Hey it’s in our name, “low quality” we aren’t actually fact checking anything at all. Too bad you appeared like a dumbass to your friend”