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Snopes Reviews


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Overall 5 star rating4.88 of 5 (by 83 users)

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Snopes Review Summary

Is it fact or is it fiction? The truth shall be made known by visiting Snopes.com, an online web site that functions as a fact finder. Common questions and urban legends can be checked at Snopes.com and a true/false answer can be obtained in a very short time. Reviewers love the entertainment aspects of this site as well as the educational dimension and they enjoy the ease of use. “Snopes.com is Great for Boredom & Fact Checking” and while it does have a few minor shortcomings, like the inability to copy/paste and some difficulty sharing information with others, it ranks as a first class Entertainment Web Site that keeps people amused and informed.
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Snopes Ratings and Reviews

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22
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Is that email claim really true?
a travel junkie, inundated with email, a researcher

APR
20
2007
— Do you wonder if dramatic email claims are true or false? — Surely you have heard that plastic in the microwave can kill you, or that Al Gore's house is an ecological disaster.  The list goes on and on, and includes some pretty scary stuff, as well as slanderous "information."   Some of it is TRUE and some of it is FALSE.  How do you which is which?  — Don't embarrass yourself! — Researchers and emailers in the know rely on the savvy folks at Snopes.com to keep them from making the embarrassing error of forwarding an urban legend on… read full review »
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5 star rating
LibbyMcMillan
Sanibel, FL



14
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Best De-Bunking Site
daily computer user, a pop culture fan, a busy professional, skeptic at heart

AUG
20
2007
Snopes.com is a great resource for debunking urban legends and hoaxes and scams.  I wish everyone would take a second and check Snopes before they forwarded an email or reposted a myspace bulletin.  — Snopes is quick and easy to use.  You can just type in a keyword and hit search and find whether your story in question is fact or fiction.  You'll be surprised how much of it is fiction (more than is fact most of the time).  Then you'll know the truth before you share the falsehood with everyone else in your address book or on your friends list. — If you've… read full review »
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5 star rating
redstarr
Fort Smith, AR



8
helpful
votes
Always check with snopes.com first!
daily computer user, a busy professional

AUG
21
2007
To save myself from embarrassment, I always check with www.snopes.com on those "out of the ordinary" e-mails.   I believe that it is worth the short time it takes to look it up and check it out first before sending it onto anyone else. — When in doubt, check it out!… read full review »
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5 star rating
Murrells-Inlet-Gal
Murrells Inlet, SC



5
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The perfect site to prove a point, & to check your email facts!
daily computer user, skeptic at heart, Internet User

AUG
20
2007
There are too many emails circulating the web these days that are totally bogus. Whats worse is that so many people are fooled and forward them on to all their friends. Snopes.com is the best site to cure this problem! If everyone checked Snopes for the factuality of their emails before forwarding, the bogus emails would have a serious problem; extinction! Which would make the e-world a better place! ;)   It is also helpful in settling arguments, since many of those bunk emails get talked about in the real world too.. Seriously, this is one of my most frequented sites. It is very… read full review »
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5 star rating
Stormeec66
Huntsville, AL



4
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votes
Why doesn't every duffus check Snopes first ?
daily computer user, inundated with email, skeptic at heart

AUG
22
2007
I get too many emails with outrageous claims or requests to help out bogus sick children.  Why are my friends still sending them???  Within a matter of minutes I can check out the story on Snopes.com and send back a reply with the real scoop.  Stop sending me stupid emails and check it yourself… read full review »
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5 star rating
JenM
League City, TX



3
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votes
I am SO grateful for Snopes!
daily computer user, Internet User, inundated with email, an Internet surfer, always looking for something to amuse me, TV junkie

AUG
21
2007
Indeed, Snopes has not just saved me from embarrassment, but saved my friends from mass emails filled with non-truths and/or scare tactics. The other reviews have summed it up well. I have recommended Snopes to all my friends and when I receive a bunk email, I will send them back a link to the Snopes page that tells all about it (nicely of course). Even for those emails that are true (or at least have a glimmer of truth to them, it is fun and interesting to learn more about the original… read full review »
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5 star rating
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terrafae
Anchorage, AK



2
helpful
votes
A guilty pleasure
daily computer user, a researcher, always looking for something to amuse me

SEP
16
2007
Where can you go to find out if Paul Macartney really owns the rights to Happy Birthday? I love this site and have it bookmarked. The Urban Legands area is my fave, as it discusses a million different stories that we all know someone who knows someone who knows someone whose cousin experienced them first hand. It's interesting when legands turn out to be complete bunk, but even mor einteresting when there's a shred of truth in the stories that get passed around and seem so inplausible. — This is a guilty pleasure, but a harmless one. —… read full review »
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4 star rating
Telpher
San Francisco, CA



2
helpful
votes
I love this site and use it often!
daily computer user, skeptic at heart, a researcher, Internet User, inundated with email

AUG
23
2007
This is a great site where you can check and see if the "warning" type e-mails you receive are true.  I am very busy, like most everyone else, and I don't have time to do extensive research about a new potential hazardous thing that could hurt me or my family & snopes.com allows me to check about these things quickly.  — … read full review »
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5 star rating
reviewer
walkersmama
Springfield, MO



1
helpful
vote
You mean that guy didn't really die at his desk?
into trying new things, daily computer user

MAR
16
2008
I received an email telling me about some guy that died at his desk during work.  Apparently he wasn't too popular because he laid there three days before anyone noticed he was dead.  That's weird, huh?  — One quick check on snopes, and I found out it wasn't true!  Imagine that!  An email that wasn't fact.  I know, it rarely happens.  :-) — If you hear a rumor, see a suspisicious email, or just want to browse some funny stories, go to snopes.com!  I've debuffed several articles & emails by just checking it out on this website.  The… read full review »
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5 star rating
jasyjen
Jacksonville, NC



1
helpful
vote
Send this to 20 people and you will get a million bucks today!!
Internet User, daily computer user, a woman

APR
7
2008
Ugh!  I got one of those annoying emails today from a friend.  You know the ones, BEWARE OF THE XXX VIRUS!  DO NOT OPEN ANY EMAILS WITH XXX SUBJECT LINE OR YOUR ENTIRE HARDDRIVE WILL BE DELETED INSTANTLY!!!  Or how about NEVER SHOP AT XXX STORE AGAIN, THEY SUPPORT (INSERT RIDICULOUS RUMOR HERE).  C'mon people PUH-LEASE, are you guys still believing this crap!?!? — The kind person who sent me the email today (my wonderfully naive Aunt) got a reply.  Well actually, I 'replied to all'.  Boy did she catch me on a bad day.  Usually I just delete… read full review »
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5 star rating
Chicagofungirl
Naperville, IL



1
helpful
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The best place to find the truth- and it's fun to read. :]
into trying new things, music lover

APR
11
2008
First and foremost, I can honestly spend hours at a time on this site- that's how interesting it is. This site investigates everything that could possibly be called an "urban legend" and tells its readers the truth. However, this is not only a good way to find out whether that thing that supposedly happened to a friend of a cousin of a friend is true. It has information about, well, pretty much everything people are talking about. If you could possibly wonder "Is that possibly true?", you can find out on snopes.com. They've even thoroughly researched things like Barack Obama's true religious… read full review »
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5 star rating
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oliviamadeline
Rumson, NJ



1
helpful
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Check out Snopes before you forward any emails!
practical, a researcher, interested in the latest celeb news, a pet owner, a pop culture fan, always looking for something to amuse me, into trying new things, all about practical

NOV
18
2007
I highly suggest checking out snopes.com before you pass on some of the forwards in your inbox. When I receive forwards that can be checked such as amber alerts, animal attack claims, and alien sightings in Nebraska by a housewife, I always go directly to snopes before passing those emails on to other friends. Snopes will actually tell you if the email is true or false and where it originates from. Our inboxes are full enough of junk mail without forwarding false information for our friends to waste time reading. If you love to know everything about everything… read full review »
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5 star rating
mrsmac
Forest City, NC



1
helpful
vote
Snopes.com is great for boredom & fact-checking!
an admirer of creative things, music lover, looking for fun on the Internet, movie addicts, daily computer user, a busy professional, Internet User, skeptic at heart

AUG
22
2007
Snopes.com should be added to EVERYONE's e-mail when they send a forward message on.  There is so much time wasted for all of the un-true forwarded e-mails.  Seriously, is Bill Gates really going to give away money when the forward reaches the millionth person?  There is no such tracking device available to your e-mail to see how far it reaches.  And who has that time or motivation anyway.  I actually got yelled at one time for pointing out that the Glade plug-in air freshener e-mail was false.  Please... I'm doing YOU a… read full review »
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5 star rating
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khunt611
Pottstown, PA



1
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A STELLAR INFORMATIONAL SITE FOR QUESTIONABLE E-MAILS AND FWDS
practical, appreciate simplicity, appreciate ease of use, very happy with this product, daily computer user, Internet User, an Internet surfer, a researcher

SEP
1
2007
I admit I did not read each review this time but I want to make sure that everyone knows that you can also submit e-mails, pictures, stories, etc if you are unable to find anything on the "fact or fiction" you are searching for on Snopes.com.  This site also puts to rest the bogus stories of sick children or adults and phony organizations requesting donations and the such.  This site is definitely well worth the bookmark and perusing.  To furthermake this site "a gem of the internet" it is FREE to use. ;-) —… read full review »
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5 star rating
reviewer
SomeBodiElse
Englewood, FL



1
helpful
vote
DON'T Let your email scare you anymore, Read snopes first!
Internet User, daily computer user, an Internet surfer, Budget-Conscious, a woman, into trying new things, skeptic at heart, longaberger

FEB
1
2008
This site should get more attention. It is great. You can check out all the scarey emails you get about missing kids, car jackings, killings in an area, what ever they might be 99 times out of 100 when i type the header of the email i get the scoop. — Usaully these stories are untrue and I can stop worrying. I also find out the origins and how the story started. — Read before you trust any of those insane emails you get. — … read full review »
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5 star rating
longuaagain
Rockaway, NJ



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