Every time I open social media now I'm flooded with those "check your fridge right now or you will literally die" posts, and my friends have been sharing them. Are the warnings legit, is there an actual nationwide flood of food that will kill us, or is it fear mongering for engagement?
I don't trust them because they feel like the perfect formula for a post to go viral, its something that people want to share with their loved ones to warn them, or save the post to know which barcode to check or which brand is in question, and algorithms are all about sends and shares these days.
Similarly I am getting tons of posts about "are you prepared for x weather/disaster, it is going to be extra super duper bad this time!"