I am reasonably certain that I'm not alone in observing how a particular social media site's self-policing has moved from practically non-existent to absurdly frivolous since the 2021 holiday season. Some samples of this inanity include:
claims that inaccurate information was shared (with no specifics as to what they're referring to);
a gardeners' support page on which a user was nearly banned for using the word "hoe" (in an appropriate gardening context!);
a religious forum on which posters were zapped for discussing a recent condemnation of a Catholic priest who "used the incorrect pronoun" and thus rendered null and void the major religious rites of hundreds of adherents;
vague references to being posted further down the feeds of others due to the site's perceived "relevance" (apparently of the posting party).
While I respect and appreciate as a writer who actually studied JOURNALISM in college that there need to be efforts made to limit the spread of "fake news" and other inaccuracies as much as possible, it would be helpful for these social media reviewers to be CONTENT-SAVVY to best reach a happy medium.
By the way, WHY did this only become so picayune more than a year AFTER the 2020 U.S. Presidential election? That in itself begs more questions!
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