When you’re browsing to and fro throughout the Internet, you should always be mindful of some real “credibility gaps” inherent in what you find. Not everything on the Internet is actually true — some of it (to swipe Stephen Colbert’s term) isn’t even very “truthy.”
I know. Quite a shocking concept for many of you, isn’t it? If so, perhaps you need to shut down your computer and go to a public library; reacquaint yourself with those blockey-shaped, multi-page objects we call “books.”
Seriously, with all the review and information blogs and other websites out there, how can you trust what you’re reading, even when it’s called a “review” or “information”? How do you know whether or not someone just made it up?
You don’t know whether or not someone made the stuff up. At least, however, if you can confirm the information with more than one source — preferably with off-line sources — you stand a better chance of getting to the truth of what you’re reading or seeing online.
Then, too, there are the time honored maxims of believability. Things like, “If it sounds too good to be true it probably isn’t.” That advice alone would save many of us hours of time, emotional/mental anguish, and even money in many cases. But of course scam artists and sales people thrive on the human tendency to WANT to believe in those things that are in our best interest, that excite us, that appeal to our selfish desires, greed, whatever.
My best advice when you find something online would be this: Don’t be gullible; and take a day or two to think about it before you believe, repeat, or buy whatever is in question. Remember, EVERYTHING you find online, from nuphedragen reviews and reviews of other weight loss products to “business opportunities” to home decor to pet products for Fifi and Fido — EVERYTHING can be faked. Or not.
So take a pause, think about what you read or see online, and relax. Go read a book.
Or, as long as you can still find one, read a newspaper.