Social media fans Zucked again?

Are social media fans Zucked again? Yes, but now it means working harder to get credible facts and data. For those who blindly accept such postings on social media as fact in the past...and do not question, understand that social media is opinion, and needs to be taken with a grain of salt or verification. It contains possible cherry-picked data to make a point, planted propaganda, fantasy, or something "that just sounds right to you". Even then, the old saw...figures can lie and liars can figure...has value. The source of the facts presented needed to be examined. Opinions have value; Opinions with credible data or fact sources have even more value. Be a good skeptic.

Skepticism does not mean there is no such thing as facts or factual data. How the data or facts were collected by whom counts and is better to be relied on than some theory or observation.  It depends on the ability to do critical thinking.  From my 2023 posting on what that is:

Critical thinking has many definitions, but all include the use of rational reasons for arguing a point deducted from facts that are available.  It is akin to the method of published critics of art and music who may feel something in their gut but give reasons for liking or not liking the performance or a painting based on what they heard or saw instead of just writing "it stinks".  Often, such critics comment on both the good and the bad, but they cite reasons for both positive and negative observations, and their conclusion deserving their verdict are expressed sometimes in terms of one to five stars.   They are practicing "critical thinking".

All definitions of critical thinking have much in common. Critical thinking includes understanding available data and facts, deductive reasoning, and a dose of skepticism.. That is a way of thinking instead of simply parroting back something that sounds right to you or you hope is true.  If you challenge some people to give their data and facts for their opinions and all you get back are opinion memes and insults, that is not critical thinking.  Demanding those with opposing opinions should agree is not "critical thinking", either. Calling those who disagree with you clowns or worse is not critical thinking. It may be criticizing, but it is not critical thinking. 

https://mufticforumblog.blogspot.com/2023/03/critical-thinking-is-very-misunderstood.html