I think it's bad form in journalism to punctuate your headline with "Really" when the story isn't true.
@kevincollier so, just to be clear, this didn’t happen?
@kevincollier @PurpleFishHead Do you have more information?
Surprising 3 Million Hacked Toothbrushes Story Goes Viral—Is It True?

Is the viral story about three million hacked smart toothbrushes being used in a cyber attack true? Security experts explain why they think it's fake news.

Forbes
@PurpleFishHead @kevincollier smart toothbrush botnet does not go brrrrr
@PurpleFishHead @kevincollier note to self: if we ever have a breach announcement wait until three on a Friday necromance this story except with dildos and then drop the bad news.

@kevincollier

Seeing since late yesterday that, yes, there are (and let me be very blunt here) stupid, gullible, lazy people on Mastodon too...

Not many, but yeah

@kevincollier You mean "journalism". So sad.
@dsidler I don't.
@kevincollier At least they revised the title in the meantime.
@kevincollier
True or not I am happy with my toothbrush being a stick of plastic, I think sometimes things do not need to get a “smart” treatment.

@Tanmay @kevincollier

This was boosted by mistake and I can’t get rid of this less than stellar, to say the least, post.

@kevincollier @hacks4pancakes Well, we know much of web “journalism” is underpaid click bait