Why I made an important announcement for Tempo Storm on April 1

The Internet has an excess of information.

There’s so much content you can consume online that you could spend an hour browsing, and decades’ worth of new content will already be available during that time.

This much information being dumped on the Internet inevitably means that some of it is going to be mis­leading. It can either be a blatant lie, or be suspiciously close to being real, but not entirely true.

Because of this, everyone should try their best to think critically about everything they read – not only be­cause the extra thinking will make you smarter, but also because it will help you identify stories that are false, and not fall victim to the wrong information. Unfortunately, most people don’t do this…

… except for on one day of the year. April Fools’ day.

On April 1, most people on the Internet read things so cautiously, carefully, and critically that most jokes, and even false things that weren’t intended as jokes, are caught. This type of attention to detail is what people need in their everyday lives, but unfortunately, it’s only done on a day dedicated to pranking others.

Of course, I’m not implying that everyone should be checking sources on everything, and doing extra re­search to ensure that everything is true. Instead, I’m suggesting that people should stop reading something with a bold statement (like a lot of the stuff on those clickbait websites), and instantly believe it 100% with­out a single doubt.

In this vein, I decided to post an important news announcement on behalf of Tempo Storm, today, April 1, April Fools’ day.

A lot of people were wondering why we would post a serious announcement on April Fools’ day, and ques­tioned the sanity of the administration for doing such a thing. I’m here to clear this up and let everyone know that I single-handedly made the decision to do so, without being prompted by anyone else. Although I work together closely with many other people, I’m usually the one that comes up with the particularly bold and audacious plans, such as this.

So, if you missed it, here’s the announcement – one of the original players on our professional Heroes of the Storm team, back from our very first competitive roster, is deciding to step down from the starting lineup.

Source: https://tempostorm.com/articles/tempo-storm-so1dier-steps-down-from-the-competitive-roster

This is my passive and implicit way of telling people that the level at which they thought about this news post – wondering if it was legitimate or not – is the kind of critical thinking everyone should apply to their everyday lives. Because of technology, we are inevitably becoming more automated and less alert in our lives.

Don’t let your mind decay.

And yes, So1dier really did step down from the roster.

 

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