For some of the craziest real life stories I would definitely pay attention to Facebook. The amount of personal, and frankly stupid, information people put on Facebook is insane. The same people who complain about privacy issues are also posting everything, and I mean everything, in their daily lives ON Facebook. So the information you get falls in the category of TMI (too much info) or Fake News, where people try, and succeed, in convincing people of "facts", or alternative truths, that they believe in.
Twitter suffers from the same issues, just with fewer words. This leads to even more misinformation because the whole story is NEVER told in tweets fully enough to get the whole picture. That same out of context line then gets retweeted over and over and people make fools of themselves. Twitter is also a great platform for hate, as seen in the news recently, because the whole story is never seen so only the parts that prove a point are expressed.
Reddit is an interesting social media site. The creators/owners attempt to take a "hands off" approach to governing the site. Oddly enough this makes it easier to have a community on there as you can find a subreddit to your tastes and jump right in. There is still a lot of misinformation and lies, but for the most part that is limited to a subreddit of like minded people instead of broadcasting it to everyone on a network.
Youtube is my favorite social media site. There are rules and regulations for it and while there is misinformation as well, it is avoidable. Also the communities are easy to get into and enjoy as you know already what the channel is about and can avoid the ones that don't interest you.
So if I was to list them in order of preference I would say Youtube, Reddit, Twitter, Facebook in terms of enjoy-ability and community.
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