Poll of the Day > One thing about reddit I dont like is how you cant verify anybodies stories

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usually. You see a lot of posts where somebody takes an old photo and say its their great grandpa or something, and they get upvoted to hell and back. now while nobody is claiming the Tienanmen square dude is their uncle just about any old photo without famous people is fair game. there is no way you can actually prove, in most cases, that they are telling the truth.

one I just saw was in a thread on the front page where somebody asked what the most expensive thing you own is, and somebody said "my new transplanted heart" and nothing else, and the person got 2 silver and 3 gold when theres no way you can prove that happened unless something behind the scenes occured via PM or something.

it isnt hard to lie on the internet. significantly easier than in real life(and we all know how often people lie in real life).

like yeah folks i know reddit sucks and all

I just presume everyone is lying when it comes to personal details.

Ok?

I read in the shoplifting subreddit a lot and I know most of it is probably fake but it's still entertaining to read.
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I know people on here have said in order to get good reddit you need to search out the good subs, which is fair. I mean I have a couple I like I go to, but I still browse the front page for lazy time killing and i guess what annoys me most is people getting rewarded constantly for lazy posts that probably arent true. But it isnt like this is a unique complaint, so eh whatever.

On the internet, no one knows you're a dog
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I heard this boxer Canelo Alvarez was mexican but he's just a ginger, what a lie.
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argonautweakend posted...

like yeah folks i know reddit sucks and all

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i half agree with that but i decided to just post it before anybody else could.

How is that different from other forums? People make unverifiable claims all the time here too.
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yeah but nobody here gets a reward. nobody here gets silver and gold or 1,000 upvotes to appear on the main page.

People do lie on here all the time, especially the trolls. But theres no reward for lying except attention but nothing else really

Who the fuck cares. Is reddit paying you for your front page status? If people wanna get off to their upvotes or whatever happens on reddit, let them live their sad (or real) lives

https://www.reddit.com/r/nothingeverhappens/
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You can verify some things, reddit actually has a process for doing so
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