The AI Misinformation Panic Is Spreading Misinformation About AI

The Bluesky episode involving a wrestling promotion's art is a small event with a large structure. A user made a confident public accusation; community members produced contradicting evidence; the accusers held their position; the original poster eventually retracted — 'I really don't want to be spreading any kind of misinformation on here' ^[3]. What makes this worth examining is not the mistake itself but the dynamics that followed it. The people correcting the record were not celebrated for the correction. According to another observer watching the same thread, those who…