A Warning from our Choose the Left Government (spoken by Congressman AustRINO)

Before you Debunk:

Step 1: Check the credibility of the author of the meme.
Step 2: Find the date of the meme being created (is it still relevant to this day?).
Step 3: Find the qualifications of the author: remember you can tell that the user is unreliable if you see that the user follows a stream that mentions unreliable information with things such as failed fact checks, propaganda, partisan sided information without scientific or academic evidence, lack of transparency, history of violating TOS.
Step 4: If the information is not from a site wide mod/owner, the next most reliable source is from a user who has been active for at least two years (if the site wide mod meet this guideline which most of them would have, then its a bonus).
Step 5: If none of these requirements of credibility is met, there is still another criteria to consider: how active are these users? I say this just in case these users have been caught violating TOS for stuff like "Homophobia", "Racism", and "Harassment".
Step 6: Know the difference between a joke and a serious matter. Remember, there are lines you shouldn't cross and if you're not sure if the content is going to cross the line, don't post. Instead, keep it to yourself and move on.
Step 7: Look at the meme (don't just look at memes from one side of the political spectrum, go ahead and look at the other side that you'd attack, if you don't do this, then maybe you might be considered by a facts checker to be unreliable)
Step 8: Look at websites that are reliable to look up the information (regular memes from fun stream is exempt because it is pure humour). The top websites according to experts are The Associated Press, Reuters, The Weather Channel, ABC, Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, and The Conversation (written by academics and researchers).

If a user doesn't throw in sources when they post the meme or are asked the link, don't trust them.

https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/media-literacy/2021/should-you-trust-media-bias-charts/
https://www.reddit.com/r/australia/comments/8vgokb/australia_media_bias_chart/

Step 9: If you know the user follows a stream that has failed fact checks, then don't rely on the user.

I can confirm I am a credible author.

I know you're credible, you'd be one of the top users out there, Ser.Donald.P.Suttingsworth is the most reliable because he's the site owner. That doesn't mean that there can be reliable users but if I mention names that are unreliable, I'd be violating TOS for harassment.

Ser is just the most active global mod. Dylan (imgflip.com/user/Imgflip) is the site owner.

oh, I didn't realise that he had a purple m as well. Good to know

Btw, we've got a bill going...

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Dylan wenzlau is the site owner, his flip acc is “imgflip”. Ser is as I know to be is the main global mod. Op or af would have better knowledge

I now know that, but thanks

True story

Please take everything I say with a grain of salt. At least one. Probably the whole shaker

Personally, I speak in absolute truths and am never satirical or sarcastic.

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Debunking:

Step 1: Respond to Conspiracy Theories with logical and fact-based explanations with academic and scientific evidence
Step 2: To do so, focus on the facts you want to communicate, not the myth you want to debunk
Step 3: Choose your target - the author, source or logic behind the conspiracy theory
Step 4: Politely call out the conspiracy theory by clearly stating the information that is wrong, before quoting a conspiracy theory.
Step 5: Provide a fact-based alternative explanation.
Step 6: If possible, use visual aids (i.e. primary sources) such as comments.

REMEMBER: Don't overwhelm with information, just get to the point and hope the conspiracy theory dies.

Prebunking:

Step 1: Pay attention to memes from reliable users
Step 2: You can find very reliable users with the green or purple m on the user, signifying that they're a site wide mod or site owner
Step 3: See what the site wide mods/owner believes in these tough situations as they have been trusted by the general public.
Step 4: If you know your views are going to contradict the site wide mods, don't post this information and keep it private.