Had a moderator in a UK politics forum tell me my memes were "too one-sided" and it changed how I source my images now

They said I only pulled screenshots from one outlet so I started cross-checking 3 different news sources before I even open Photoshop, has anyone else had to completely rework their meme game just to keep a post from getting nuked?

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the_ben13d ago

Yeah that part about "feeding people one side of the story" really hit home for me because I was doing the exact same thing without even realizing it. What @kim_nelson said about finding angles you never would have seen is dead on too. I had a similar wake up call when someone pointed out all my sources were basically from the same blog network. Now I bookmark articles from three different places on the same topic and line them up side by side before I even start making the image. It takes twice as long but my posts actually get shared more now instead of getting flagged or argued about in the comments. Plus it keeps me from looking like a fool when someone fact checks the screenshot in the thread.

kim_nelson13d ago

Honestly I used to be one of those people who thought "well it's just a meme who cares where the screenshot came from" but then I got called out on a local politics sub for only using screenshots from one site and it really made me stop and think. I started doing the same thing you do now, checking at least two or three news sites before I make anything, and it actually made my stuff better because I found angles I never would have seen otherwise. Takes longer for sure but the posts don't get deleted and I feel less like I'm just feeding people one side of the story.