![]() ![]() Pervasive misinformation has been with the Internet since its inception, and is a core constituent of our online lives. None of this was true, of course, and news organizations and government officials spent the night and the following morning trying to dispel the rumor. There were now sharks swimming on the floor of the exchange. Before the night was over, others were claiming that the water had brought with it unexpected guests: sharks. It hardly mattered that the origin of this report had the anonymous handle it went viral, and within hours it had been retweeted hundreds of times. First, a tweet headed BREAKING (all caps) went out saying that the exchange had been flooded with more than three feet of water. 29, 2012, as Hurricane Sandy brought chaos and destruction to New York, Twitter had the news. Sharks were swimming in the New York Stock Exchange. ![]()
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