I'm going to sound like a total killjoy lmao. Dgmw the "net zero information post" meme was funny the first handful of times I saw it, but nowadays seeing someone pull out that phrase on a post just leaves me thinking like. Well, it doesn't *have* to be a net zero information post.
You can actually learn a lot from it if you're willing to interrogate things such as "why did I completely believe this until I saw someone directly on the thread debunk it?" and perhaps "are there any particular preconceptions the original claim is playing into to Confirmation Bias its way into being believed with no evidence?" and "How susceptible am I to believe something because it confirms biases I hold or it makes for a satisfying narrative?". And then trying to apply the things you learned from that exercise the next time you catch yourself believing a similar claim without looking into it.
