Comments on: Abbey Smith – Week 4

By: goosefeet22

goosefeet22 — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:19:26 +0000

I totally agree with what you are saying. I think that we have hit the point of being able to acknowledge that these ideas are “common sense,” yet it feels like too much work to actually enact them. I also took note of the .com and .org discussion. I have a super vivid memory of one of my teachers in hs having a discussion with my class about that in particular, only to find out that is not (completely) true. I think that information like that can really stick with people, even subconsciously, so it is super important that teachers and professors are teaching updated info. The book was published a year after I graduated high school, so I know this info is not new and should not have been taught in the way that it was.

By: arbeez

arbeez — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 05:31:52 +0000

I think you bring up a good point about the dot-org and dot-com validity. I think that sometimes we use these signals to immediately verify/discredit something, especially as a student. In middle school and high school, I could see why this became a rule to go by. It’s far easier to explain to students that dot-org means a non-profit that should be trusted and dot-coms are available to anybody. But as you mentioned, that can be misleading. I guess the truth of the matter is that we live in a new day and age, and things are getting more complicated to navigate on the internet than less. A good demonstration of that is the Kevin Spacey fake story that you mentioned. It’s interesting to think of the ways that validity on the internet has changed.