This story describes the rise of the fake "birds aren't real" conspiracy theory "that is just realistic enough, as conspiracies go, to convince QAnon supporters that birds aren't real, but has just enough satirical flags that generation Z recognises immediately what is going on." This item checkes a couple of boxes for me: one, as an example of hacking memes in the 2020s, and another, the idea of community being defined as agreement on truth-validation methods, or 'community as consensus'. Even if you don't agree with my take on this, you'll find the story an interesting reflection of our times, I think.
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