Good morning everyone. A heavy topic, for this morning, regarding anyone submitted who’s a bigot or has abused another.
I want to clarify something: When I receive accusations without sources, I am being asked to trust a random stranger about a celebrity I may or may not know. In this day in our age, misinformation spreads like wildfire. On my own blog, I do not share political posts without waiting a couple days to see that it, usually without fail, has been debunked, or was presented in hyperbolic language. Though you, yourself, are a trustworthy person, I do not have a relationship of trust with you, or the person you’re telling me about.
What makes me trust the accusations is links and sources that are able to be substantiated - proof that this is happening outside of tumblr, outside of social media.
When you send accusations without sources, none of us are trying to call your authenticity into question. It’s easy to share misinformation online.
Please note that those my sources are focused on the US, this is an international issue.
Fake news: why do we believe it
This is why you MUST include sourced links for accusations, and why I don’t trust links for social media sites* nearly as much.
*if it is a social media post from the person directly, with their own words, that is an exception.