Evaluation of Social Media Sources

Unfortunately, not many people on social media really feel strongly one way or the other about space exploration. Either that or they assume no one else is, so they don't bother to share. whatever the case, I was able to find an onion article (mostly related) and a debatewise page on it, both of which I'll talk about.

The onion (Source):

Unfortunately, this source being the onion (plus not even really a social media site), I'll always have to be careful with it, keeping in mind that it satirizes everything.

Credibility:
Very credible in the sense that It's a well-known and reliably satirical source - every author for them is.

Location:
Not really. I mean, we are all in space. But still, not really from where the debate is taking place.

Network:
the Onion has a whole bunch of readers, most of whom are just looking for a quick laugh now and again, not people specifically interested in the topic.

Content:
What the author says about the money being spent is true; it can be found in the national budget. However, it's not all that important because it's all satire, and using those points to argue for something completely outrageous and not one of the side of the debate.

Context:
This was a random topic for the Onion. Not typical.

Age:
Pretty old: the Onion is certainly not going to simply dump the name after making the comments they did.

Reliability:
Not really reliable as it's, again, the Onion. However, because they take everything as a joke, and they say that we shouldn't be spending so much on NASA, one could infer that they actually think it's fine how it is, though I can't really say for sure.

Debatewise (source):

Credibility:

Very difficult to say, as the authors Are unidentified throughout the entire webpage. however, the rhetoric seems to be pretty high-quality throughout, so all that would need to be done is make sure what they say is true. however, as a co-host for a world online debate championship, it's probably checked to make sure the debates are rational.

Location:

Again, they are not in outer-space. Probably.

Network

Debatewise is a pretty well-known site for people to debate, though it's not necessarily full of renown people.

Content:

This is what this site does well. It seems like everyone knows what they are talking about on the site, and the points people make are pretty solid.

Context:

This is the one of the largest topics on the site (according to google search auto-fill), so it gets a lot of traffic. Because of that, that content on the site is probably kept well in-check.

Age:

It's hosting debates, and isn't going to just stop and delete everything.

Reliability:

Overall, I'd say it's a fairly reliable and unbiased source that gives plenty of arguments to support both sides.