There’s something so vindicating about the community notes section on Twitter, when it’s used right. Watching misinformation get taken down in one fell swoop by wise commenters is like popping an extra juicy pimple. Sorry for that image, but the simile stands. Twitter, (we’re not calling it X) a website famous for hawking wrong info, giving a platform to ludicrous takes, and citing no evidence is slightly improved by this feature. It might be the only credit Elon gets in this whole debacle.

But beyond stating the obvious, community notes sometimes provide info that I would have never known otherwise. Those ones are like a fun fact treat. Community notes are classic internet culture, where know-it-all-ness meets naivety… a clash as old as time. So enjoy this roundup of times «readers adding context» absolutely dunked on the original poster, and relish in its spoils.