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modernprimate:

Hey, did you guys know that sometimes people go on the Internet, and they just like make stuff up? Well, they do. And like, Twitter is really good at detecting the lies and preventing them from spreading. Except when they’re not and then people go ahead and spread the falsehoods.

Luckily, there are for-profit content aggregators who can save the day by reporting the identities of the falsehood-tellers, and present them in a list of the Top 10 Most Despicable Things Anybody Has Ever Done to Capitalize On The Hurricane.

I don’t really have anything else to say. Donate to the Red Cross. Volunteer some time if you’ve got it. Just don’t go thinking that clicking a Like button on a gallery of The Most Devastating Images of The Disaster That You Must See is going to do anything to help people in need. Real effort, time, and money are what will help.