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Can we please ban posts that are little more than unsubstantiated rumours?

Keep seeing posts that are fully just "I heard from a guy that heard from a friend who heard from a co-worker that HL3 comes out with the Steam Machine" as the full post

Sometimes links to whole "news" (used very fucking loosely) articles that are the exact same thing

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[โ€“] Hond@piefed.social 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Agreed.

On the other hand thats how the internet worked since forever. I started to just ignore HL3 "leaks" 15 years ago. If you care about a certain topic its pretty easy to rule out the one or two annoying "leakers" which made "leaking" their profession. I would appreciate it if somebody else would prefilter this shit. But tbh i can manage on myself. Like its annoying that especially these posts gain a lot traction because they play with the "needs" and "wants" of the general populace. But sometimes its just easier to put on your big boy/girl shoes on and just deal with it. Best part: dealing with it is just a mental :thumbs up: and then forgetting about it.

[โ€“] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 days ago

I mean, you're 1000% correct, but sometimes if you're lucky bringing it up with mods is enough for them to go "y'know what? Yeah, I agree"