The Quickening: Internet rumors and those who believe them or: PLEASE, DON'T BE SO NAIVE!

The Internet is a dangerous place, and not only that, it's a weapon that, in the wrong hands, becomes a source of disinformation and massive stupidity. Not because of those who spread it, but because of those who believe it.

Today, those who dominate the Internet use it as a source of information par excellence. Only with learning something, you can investigate in depth to corroborate and expand the information. It is a very useful information tool that has all of us communicated. Used correctly, you can advise and help even people you do not know, something very beneficial and that promotes the proper use of it.

However, there are never missing those elements that expand everywhere that people do not know whether to believe or not, to which added certain statements, fictitious elements that magnify the controversy and in turn misinforming strongly those who read it. That happens when a rumor spreads on the Internet and everyone believes it until proven otherwise.

An example I can think of is Super Smash Bros., whose rumors and leaks have spread since Brawl (back then they were already fucking about Ridley and Waluigi). The question is not whether to believe the leaks, but the diffusion they have and how they are taken. There are times when people believe them without hesitation, when it would be normal to put them in debate and try to discuss whether they're real or not.

When the character roster Smash for 3DS was leaked, people did everything to disprove it. I liked that it was not believed at first glance and the situation was discussed, it was perfect... until it was confirmed that it was real.

This affected the rumors negatively, since now every leak has a chance to be true and people are more gullible when it comes to judging an image. There were no longer skeptics, but rather their looked more credible.

My point is that, when any doubtful news occur, if you can, investigate it, analyze its sources, where they came from, when they were published, etc. Don't fall so easily, let alone broadcast them. Or in other words:

PLEASE, DON'T BE SO NAIVE!

The Internet is a vast source of information that can clear all our doubts, as long as we are intelligent enough to corroborate this information. Don't fall into simple rumors or allow our desire for something to be true end up blearing our judgment and much less enlarge the snowball effect, adding fallacies and information that can be misinterpreted by other users. Let's promote information over deception.