Post #87458

2025-12-22 11:42 UTC

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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@bryndos__dup_11478@fedia.io 2025-12-23 06:26

But isn't half the point of cutting edge tech news to echo hype louder and louder until investors pile in?

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@Hond@piefed.social 2025-12-22 12:20

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.

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@halloween_spookster@lemmy.world 2025-12-22 20:37

I agree with this in principle. I think a tag like "rumor" might be useful as a first step? Escalate if it becomes more of a problem. It may also be worth differentiating between a rumor and a rumor. A rumor of AMD coming out with XYZ at CES is different from "some random website is claiming that HL3 is days away from being announced"

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@reksas@sopuli.xyz 2025-12-22 18:43

or at least have a rule to clearly label them as unsubstantiated

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@edgemaster72@lemmy.world 2025-12-22 17:47

I agree with the sentiment but I don't know that I've really noticed it as an issue here

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