Update: Someone told me my flat earth arguments were too easy to pick apart

I was going hard on the 'no curve' thing in a debate last week, and another user said I only used pictures from one source, which was a guy selling a book. I started checking photos from regular people and pilots too, and it's a lot messier. What's the best way to check a photo is real before you use it in an argument?

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kellyallen12d ago

Honestly, who even cares if a photo is real, it's just a dumb internet argument.

the_jessica18d ago

Check the metadata first, that's the EXIF data in the file. A lot of fakes get that wrong. Then reverse image search it to see if it's been posted elsewhere with a different story. Honestly, just stick to raw, unedited photos from sources like government satellite feeds or public flight tracking data.

abbyf7918d ago

Honestly, checking the source and metadata like @the_jessica said is key. Tbh a lot of people miss checking the lens type and focal length. A super zoom lens can flatten a scene and kill the curve all on its own, so a "flat" photo might just be bad optics. You gotta compare it with the raw specs from a basic camera phone shot from the same rough height. Ngl, lens tricks trip up more people than photoshop.

gray_hall418d ago

Yeah, that point about super zoom lenses is so true! It's wild how much the gear itself can distort things before any editing even happens. Makes you question every "flat earth" photo out there.