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At the beginning of the article, David asked if people who were posting online weren’t being counted as credible sources. His question made me think of the issue of fake news, and what online sources we trust and assume to be credible. As we have discussed in the past few weeks, one danger of data analyzation is the misrepresentation of data in graphs. It is no surprise that the misuse of technology and data analytics can result in misleading or false conclusions (as shown in Civilian Casualties and Searching for Black Girls). This is not meant to discredit all digital humanities studies, but to acknowledge the danger when used irresponsibly, and to understand the questioning credibility of digital humanities scholars. In an age where information is readily accessible at all times, and where there is a plethora of online articles, it is the readers job to analyze the source and determine its credibility. I think, that in response to David’s question, we should assume credibility with a certain amount of doubt that allows us to critically examine the work before assuming its validity.