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Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/IYV-urOOT9k/reddit-culture-well-tuned-to-s.html
Reddit culture well-tuned to spot hoaxes
In professor T. Mills Kelly's class, students act out clever public hoaxes. But while Wikipedians are easily fooled, Redditors exposed the latest jape—Do you think my 'Uncle' Joe was just weird or possibly a serial killer?— instantly. Yoni Appelbaum at The Atlantic unravels what happened. Although most communities treat their members with gentle regard, Reddit [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/IYV-urOOT9k/reddit-culture-well-tuned-to-s.html
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