This Cheeky but Accurate Flowchart Tells You How to Post – or Not – About MS804

“I made a flowchart to help you decide whether to write that tweet about #MS804 (or other crises),” he quipped when he published the chart on his Twitter page. “You’re welcome!”

The amount of misinformation he sees spreading on social media during crises inspired him to make the chart, he told Buzzfeed.

“Some armchair analysts just love to pass for serious pundits, pontificating with absolutely zero knowledge on the subject. People I personally know know nothing about the matter,” he said. “And some readers will read, retweet, and spread their nonsense.”

Dahshan is Egyptian, and graduated from Cairo University’s school of Economics and Political Science – and then went on to get a Master’s at the Paris Institute of Political Studies and another from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. On top of all that, he’s is an award winning journalist.

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