@epistatacadam @ChrisMayLA6
On the first clause, yes (but it measures what it measures).
On the second, it is a basic principle of #measurement that #accuracy and #precision should each be known and reckoned with, but that large departures from perfection in either or both do not prevent useful measurements being made.

(When the fiction is reduced the instrument needs recalibrating.)

OMG Social media improvement idea!
Option to publish individual posts to be, allowing no further edits except emphasis.

Like, you can change the formatting forever onward to be:
"make this bit bold", "italicise the other thing", or "strike-through that", "underline whatever".
Maybe add a redaction feature, in case you want to keep a post up, [but remove sensitive info you left in].

Or redact any hacked or bot posts, leaving that portion up as, like, "hey this is when stuff got annoying".

#Social_Media #SocialMedia #SocMed #comms #comm #communication #DataHoarders #internet #post #user #custom #connection #options #alternatives #Data #DataPrivacy #DataGovernance #Accuracy #Precision #Validity #Accessibility

President #BillClinton continued, “Whether you subpoenaed 10 people or 10,000, including her was simply not right.”

And he tells lawmakers that, just as he’s bound in sworn testimony, “each & every one of you owes nothing less than #truth & #accuracy to the American people.”

#EpsteinFiles #law #Trump #Epstein #rape #Republicans #RevengePolitics