“…Most of us, initiated by Rathergate and Nigerian money scams, aren’t easily taken in. The Russian blogswarmers, bless them, gave it their best shot. But lies and propaganda don’t sway like they used to.”

Which gives rise to the thought; will lies and propaganda EVER sway like they used to? Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, is viewed with a jaundiced eye nowadays.

And as you correctly pointed out; skepticism is not just a luxury or option on these intertubes. It’s an ingrained and vital part of the search (notwithstanding Kos, et al).

Every statement, photo and quote is cut to pieces, then re-assembled, over and over again. And not by just ONE person, but rather a “community,” like this one. The wealth of knowledge and diversity of viewpoints and experience present in a community such as this, makes it, in a short time, bomb-proof to these kinds of things.

Or am I WAY off here?