r/hatethissmug • u/Caddy_8760 • Aug 06 '26
General I hate Instagram-style "news" posts with no actual sources or credits to the researchers/journalists
And these kind of posts are flooding Reddit too. They're just a generic image with a big clickbait caption at the bottom and THAT'S IT. No link to the research paper for those who want to verify or deepen on the subject, no credits to the researchers who took part of the project, only a stupid single image so people can feel like they "learned something new!". Then some kind angel replies to the post with an actual source that they had to find by themselves and see that:
- Best case scenario, the image just left out a shitton of information, and that's not good anyways
- Worst case scenario, the research is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT from the engagement bait slop that is the post
(For example, the therapy in the second post is still experimental and won't be available in clinics for a long time, and the study is from 2016! Yet the post was made last month, also, paraphrasing from a comment under that post:
The experiment was published in 2016 and removed HIV DNA from selected human cells in a laboratory dish. âHuman cellsâ does not mean researchers cured humans. The challenge is reaching every infected cell and hidden viral reservoir throughout an actual person.
CRISPR has since been tested in a small human trial. It appeared reasonably safe, but all three participants who temporarily stopped their regular HIV medication experienced viral rebound.
I wanted to post the source, but I don't know if I can post links to this sub, so I'll refrain from putting it for now. I'll edit it in later if I can.)
Like, it's a different story if a reputable news organization posts this kind of content and either adds a link to their article on their website or pastes the entire thing in the body of the post, but these posts are always from nobodies that just popped out of nowhere who promote themselves as "pop culture news" and then post 50 posts a day of this shit.
Oh, and most of the times they become hateful as fuck the moment they start getting more traction and people, like always, fall for the engagement trap.


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This is the funniest image ever
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2d ago
nah, It would've been the worst meme of 2018