Slop is for gossip, the only rule for fake news is that it’s OC only. I didn’t think “Mark Wahlberg Claims Elon Musk’s Botched Penis Implant Wouldn’t Have Gone Down Like That If He Was Attending Surgeon” was going to set off the “I can’t actually tell if this is real and that makes me upset” brigade.
outright bans of certain types of posts also won’t prevent someone from registering new accounts and making them anyhow any more than containment comms do, its a matter of moderation
I agree they are obviously inappropriate for c/chat. I reported both of them, lets see what happens