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by fasquoika 1033 days ago
>There’s a well-established effect, common enough at this point to where some academic has probably given it a name like “The Twitter Dilemma” or something, that describes how a lie can be much more potent and contagious with exponentially fewer words than are necessary to effectively refute it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandolini%27s_law