Credibility

This post doesn't exactly have to do with what I'll typically post however, my subject matter is (what I consider) pretty important. In my college English class, it was highly stressed that we use credible sources (NOT WIKIPEDIA) when we were not only writing research papers (any paper for that matter) but I soon realized that when writing or posting anything, it is very, very important to use credible sources. Not only does it make you gain credibility, but it also puts more reliable sources out there. Facebook (in my 19 year old opinion) is the ruination of credibility. I cannot even begin to count the amount of "sharing" that people do that is not from (what I would consider) reliable sources! Sharing recipes and other things like that is great (I love seeing yummy food) but sharing unintelligent, no common sense links is ridiculous. As you share this hubbub, you're loosing your credibility. That's enough of my soapbox.

Here are a few helpful tips when sharing links on social media:
1. If it's too good to be true, more than likely, it is.
2. If the domain (i.e www.facebook.com is a domain) seems odd or just dumb, it's probably not a credible source
3. Use sources like USA Today, NY Times, basically, any major news outlet (newspapers, news TV...)


That's all for this time!