On social platforms, certain actions may mislead the public's awareness of a certain social event, and even lead to wrong judgments. The following are some common methods of operation, it is worth being vigilant： ### 1. **Taken out of context** -**Operation method**: Intercept a certain part of the content in the event, ignore the context, and make its meaning inconsistent with the facts. -**Impact**: The public may make misjudgments based on incomplete information, leading to misunderstandings about the incident. ### 2. **Create false information** -**Operation method**: Publish false news, pictures or videos, fabricate facts. -**Impact**: False information may spread rapidly, causing the public to have a false understanding of the incident, and even cause panic or anger. ### 3. **Use emotional language** -**Operation method**: Use inflammatory and emotional language to describe the incident and arouse public anger, fear or sympathy. -**Influence**: Emotional expressions may conceal the truth of the facts and cause the public to make irrational judgments driven by emotions. ### 4. **Selective reporting** -**Operation method**: Only report the parts of the incident that conform to a certain position or interest, ignoring other important information. -**Impact**: The public may only see one side of the incident and cannot fully understand the facts, resulting in prejudice. ### 5. **Create false consensus** -**Operation method**: Publish similar content through a large number of fake accounts or bots to create a “consensus” on a certain point of view or position. -**Influence**: The public may mistakenly think that a certain point of view is the mainstream, and thus be affected or even change their own views. ### 6. **Use the celebrity effect** -**Operation method**: With the help of the remarks of celebrities or authoritative figures, even if these remarks lack foundation, they can spread quickly. -**Influence**: The public may accept their views because of their trust in celebrities, even if these views are inconsistent with the facts. ### 7. **Tampering with or falsifying evidence** -**Operation method**: Tamper with pictures, videos, or audio through technical means, and falsify “evidence” to support a certain point of view. -**Impact**: Forged evidence may make the public mistakenly think that this is the case, resulting in a false perception. ### 8. **Manufacturing equipment** -**Mode of operation**: Provoke arguments or conflicts between the public by exaggerating or creating opposing views. -**Impact**: The public may fall into meaningless arguments and ignore the truth of the incident itself. ### 9. **Use algorithm recommendation** -**Operation method**: Through the algorithm recommendation system, content similar to its existing views is pushed to users to strengthen their prejudices. -**Impact**: The public may fall into an "information cocoon" and only see information that matches their own views, thereby strengthening misconceptions. ### 10. **Manufacturing time pressure** -**Mode of operation**: By emphasizing the urgency of the incident, the public is forced to react without fully understanding the facts. -**Influence**: The public may make misjudgments or actions without adequate thinking. ### How to deal with it? -**Verify information**: Before disseminating or accepting information, try to verify through multiple reliable sources. -**Stay rational**: In the face of emotional content, stay calm and avoid being swayed by emotions. -**Critical thinking**: Think critically about information and question its source and authenticity. -**Diversified perspectives**: Try to understand events from different perspectives and avoid falling into a single perspective. Through the above methods, the public can better identify and resist misleading operations on social platforms, so as to form a more accurate understanding of the incident.