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[–] [email protected] 294 points 2 days 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] 225 points 2 days ago (5 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 57 points 2 days ago (1 children)

True or not, this is the outcome we deserve.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

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

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

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

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

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Nah they have actual footage from the event

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

The AI replacement says this is true.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day 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] 5 points 1 day 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] 75 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago

Look at mister MVP over here.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago

ahahahaha, thanks for linking

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

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I think 3d go is called gone

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 day ago

and everyone clapped