Something quite interesting happened recently—a viral post claiming to expose "exploitation of employees" by a food delivery app has been spreading wildly online. The poster claimed to be an informant and even attached employee IDs and an 18-page "internal document," making it seem very credible. But what was the result? The entire story was confirmed to be a carefully crafted scam.

Those IDs and "documents"? They were all AI-generated. Tech experts used watermark detection tools to verify and quickly exposed the deception. But that’s not the main point. The key issue is—before the fact-checking debunked it, this fake post had already garnered 87,000 likes and 36.8 million views on social media. 36.8 million views! What does this number tell us? It shows that false information spreads much faster than it can be corrected.

This actually reflects an increasingly serious phenomenon: the technical barrier to AI-generated content is lowering, but our ability to discern truth from falsehood has not improved at the same pace. Fakers can easily produce seemingly professional IDs, documents, or even videos, and in an era of information explosion, audiences often don’t have the time to verify each piece. Social media’s dissemination mechanism further amplifies this effect—if the content is eye-catching enough, the truth or falsehood becomes a secondary concern.

This reminds us that in highly sensitive fields like the blockchain and crypto communities, we must be even more cautious. Don’t believe big news that suddenly appears out of nowhere, especially if it involves insider leaks. Take an extra second to think—you might avoid falling into a carefully designed trap.