RE: Snopes . com
December 11, 2011 at 1:50 am
(This post was last modified: December 11, 2011 at 1:53 am by Ziploc Surprise.)
(December 10, 2011 at 10:43 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Facebook is a strange animal indeed. It purports to be almost the model of social networking, yet try to make it do something its programmers don't want you to and you've had it. Your best bet perhaps is to post an edited form of the link, viz:
http://www . snopes [dot] com/holidays/christmas/candycane.asp
or something similar. You might have to play with it to see what works (then afterwards you can post the link).
As for the candy cane story itself, I'm long past the point where I would have been surprised. There's a hell of a load of shit gets posted on Facebook; it's become the central sorting office for stupid rumours. I'm signed up to a FB page called HoaxSlayer ("Debunking email hoaxes and exposing Internet scams since 2003!") and there's nary a day goes by without at least half a dozen posts from them.
The really stupid thing is that so far 13 people have liked the candy cane story. No one has bothered to check to see if the story is fake or not. I called them on this and am waiting for a reply. I imagine that if I get one (I may just get ignored) it will be interesting.
(December 10, 2011 at 11:35 pm)Tiberius Wrote: Just use a URL redirection service like http://is.gd or http://bit.ly
URL redirection service. I might try this. I don't know if it will change anyone's mind though, they seem adamant on believing a story that has been challenged by an authoritative source (snopes, even though I couldn't post a link).
I have studied the Bible and the theology behind Christianity for many years. I have been to many churches. I have walked the depth and the breadth of the religion and, as a result of this, I have a lot of bullshit to scrape off the bottom of my shoes. ~Ziploc Surprise
