Anti-misinformation crusaders also shared without reading and often targeted the wrong Naomi

Evidence

Wolf was guilty of this kind of trigger-happy posting. So, too, were many of her followers, who jumped to share her claims. But here’s where things get messier: a great many of the people who leapt to attack Wolf for spreading misinformation were also barely reading what they were posting. And I should know, because, in their haste to be seen and to get engagement, they ended up posting about me. Even when Wolf’s correct name appeared in boldface in an article’s headline. — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, 118

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the viral-spread dynamics in Pennycook’s research at 117 — both camps equally driven by engagement, not accuracy.