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What is Hoax?Is this...a Hoax?No?Then tell me one!

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posted on Nov, 16 2011 @ 12:02 PM
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I think we should redefine what a Hoax is.What is a Hoax?A thread?A country?A president?A food?A channel TV?A life time?An image?A sound?.....So what do you think that a hoax is?


TextA hoax is a deliberately fabricated falsehood made to masquerade as truth.[1] It is distinguishable from errors in observation or judgment,[1] or rumors, urban legends, pseudosciences or April Fools' Day events that are passed along in good faith by believers or as jokes.[2]
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edit on 16-11-2011 by diamondsmith because: Tell me one!



posted on Nov, 16 2011 @ 12:04 PM
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Dude, get off of ATS is you have to define what a hoax is... LOL ^



posted on Nov, 16 2011 @ 12:05 PM
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I think this thread falls under the "hoax" category..



posted on Nov, 16 2011 @ 12:07 PM
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Originally posted by Gwampo
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Dude, get off of ATS is you have to define what a hoax is... LOL ^


Apperently he is more into ATS than you are, because he´s got a point, a lot of threads get labeled as hoax when they don´t even meet the criteria.


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posted on Nov, 16 2011 @ 12:11 PM
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That's true, there is a discernable difference between an hoax and BS.



posted on Nov, 16 2011 @ 12:12 PM
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the problem is there is never an explanation as to why a thread was hoaxed. there are never sources provided which determined that the thread was based on falsehood.



posted on Nov, 16 2011 @ 12:30 PM
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I agree. A credible UFO sighting that is finally explained pages and pages and several days later shouldn't be put in a hoax bin after lots of research has been put into it.
There should be a "solved" bin or something like that!



posted on Nov, 16 2011 @ 01:24 PM
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I agree this should be defined and I like the idea of a "Solved" forum... Like the MythBusters do, kind of.

I had a thread put in Hoax bin simply for asking people if they were serious about believing someone who was openly admitting to lying right here on ATS... The answer for hoax-binning it was about commercial rights I would have to pay if it wasn't put in hoax bin or something along those lines... It was one of those WTF moment... Still is...



posted on Nov, 16 2011 @ 01:28 PM
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Who cares? The threads in the hoax bin belong there. Period.



posted on Nov, 16 2011 @ 02:58 PM
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Originally posted by Gwampo
Dude, get off of ATS is you have to define what a hoax is... LOL ^


Well since YOU have been a member for so long... perhaps it would be more constructive if you gave us a definition of what constitutes a 'HOAX" on ATS as opposed to something that is unknown and gets identified by research.

Thanks in advance.



posted on Nov, 16 2011 @ 03:05 PM
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diamondsmith, a hoax is fake data that may be presented so that others can attract to it. This can give the known as the HOAXER a feeling of attention due to them pulling attention to their fake data or themselves. So on ATS a HOAX can be a fake video or image even audio intentionally designed to TRICK the observing minds on ATS...
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posted on Nov, 16 2011 @ 07:28 PM
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Sometimes being put into the hoax bin is not so bad.
Then,members really interested in the subject can discuss it kind of under the radar while keeping out the riff raff.



posted on Nov, 17 2011 @ 06:39 AM
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but i have more stars on my post



posted on Nov, 20 2011 @ 07:12 AM
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Sorry but I didn't find out what a hoax is.....No help?







 
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