I'd like to believe that as well, but sadly I've seen even more obvious stuff that some of the people I know use to validate their world views, even when it's clearly satire.
They just interpret the whole thing wrong and somehow filter jokes. And they use it, or parts of it, as fuel for their beliefs and share parts within their community without context.
I tried learning Esperanto through Duolingo, but was a bit disappointed. It was still a bit inconsistent here and there; I was hoping for a 'perfect' language without exceptions.
Still think it's a great initiative though.
I could see some harsh humour in it as well, but it should clearly be labeled "parody". The way it was shared now is a terrible idea, but we've all seen it coming..
All media should have some securely signed source that's easily viewable and pops up at the start and end of the video (and is visible in the pause screen or on hover, also in case of an image). If it was not signed it should show that as well, like web TLS certificates.
If no internet is available it should show that it cannot verify the source without a connection. There should also be a proposed default date in which the baked in certificate might get less secure, which should also show in the media.
Chrome went to a :D above 99. But I believe they changed that, not sure as I use FF now too.
Not to mention when that 'English' that you learn from them is a mix of non-existing, made-up words in three languages and bad pronunciations.. and voilà, you can only use that 'language' with your parents.
Well the problem would be that one could argue the "good" and "bad". It would be better to have a trustworthy factual list of things they've done and base our judgements on that.
But it's pretty hard to create such a list unbiased, if even possible. But I think it would help.
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