--- title: "It's on TikTok so it's true" and the comment section — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «"It's on TikTok so it's true" and the comment section», a lesson of the world course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Ollie sees a TikTok saying a phone charges if you put it in the microwave for ten seconds. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/) / "It's on TikTok so it's true" and the… # "It's on TikTok so it's true" and the comment section Lesson 175 of the world course of Mova's primary school: 24 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/world/175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section/0/) — Ollie sees a TikTok saying a phone charges if you put it in the microwave for ten seconds. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section/1/) — "It's on TikTok, so it must be true." His mum grabs the phone: "No! - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section/2/) — That's how you get a fire." Anyone can post anything, and some videos are pranks made to trick you. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section/3/) — Online, attention is easy to fake. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section/4/) — Views and likes measure how many people watched or clicked, not whether something is true. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section/5/) — A comment liked 3,000 times ("my uncle works there") is still just one stranger's say-so. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section/6/) — Look out for the tricks: a shocking title made for clicks ("Scientists SHOCKED: chocolate makes you smarter!"), an account called "TotallyNotABot123", a fake "famous singer has died" story, a cat clip edited to say "hello", and comments that insult instead of giving reasons. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section/7/) — Before believing or sharing, ask: who posted it, can I check it somewhere trusted, and is there another explanation? - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section/8/) — The "waving" flag in the Moon landing video wobbled because astronauts twisted its pole, and with no air it kept wobbling longer. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section/9/) — People take the mickey out of the click, not the clicker: "Scientists shocked? - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section/10/) — The only one shocked is your dentist." - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section/11/) — Anyone can post anything online, so being on TikTok or YouTube doesn't make something true. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section/12/) — Never put a phone or anything metal in a microwave: it can spark and catch fire. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section/13/) — Views and likes measure attention, not truth; grown-ups call "lots of people liked it, so it's true" the bandwagon. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section/14/) — "My uncle works there" in a comment is hearsay: a claim nobody can check. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section/15/) — Big news, like a famous person dying, should be checked on a trusted news website before you believe or share it; fake death stories spread a lot online. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section/16/) — Calling people names instead of giving reasons is called attacking the person; it is not an argument. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section/17/) — Cats make many sounds, and one may sound like a word to us, but cats don't speak English; amazing claims need strong proof. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section/18/) — Official game news comes from the company's own website or channel, not from random accounts with no picture. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section/19/) — Toothpaste can irritate skin, and doctors don't recommend it for spots. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section/20/) — Clickbait is a title made to get clicks by stretching or twisting what was found; studies on cocoa found at most small effects, nothing like "chocolate makes you smarter". - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section/21/) — Astronauts walked on the Moon between 1969 and 1972 and left mirrors there that scientists still bounce lasers off. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section/22/) — The Moon flag had a rod along its top to hold it out; it moved when astronauts twisted the pole, and with no air to slow it, it kept wobbling longer. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/175-its-on-tiktok-so-its-true-and-the-comment-section/23/) — Words people use: "a bot" is a fake computer account, "a life hack" is a clever trick for everyday life, "clickbait" is a title made to make you click, "no cap" means honestly, "a tantrum with a keyboard" means an angry online rant, and "mrow" is a cat's sound. - ← previous: [The YouTuber who is right about everything](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/174-the-youtuber-who-is-right-about-everything/) - next →: [Adverts and "8 out of 10 cats"](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/176-adverts-and-8-out-of-10-cats/) - ↑ back to [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/)