thanks for the input bosk. are there any sources or links that help us posters understand "the bar" for posting requirement that you are alluding to? i'd love to find myself in compliance but without any kind of guide or resource i am at a loss. thank you!
I'm not a mod so I won't speak for them but in this case you have a generic social media post from someone who doesn't give a source or anything. In todays world I just rely on those sites that give proper sources and are not semi-anonymous twitter/discord accounts. Better to assume most things are not true if the bigger sites (like metalinjection etc) haven't picked up on it.
so a metalinjection link is considered a "good source"?
Generally Blabbermouth and Ultimate Guitar are good sources, although BM does tend to post some news headings with "click-bait" titles that may give the impression of one thing, but when you read the actual article/interview/source material, you'll see otherwise. So even then, it's good to proceed with caution. For the most part, both of these websites just parrot source material from other websites.
OTOH, Loudwire.com, Musicradar.com and especially Loudersound.com (home of Classic Rock and Metal Hammer magazines) provide original content that you can definitely trust.
But when it comes to website like Discord, Reddit and Facebook, don't take anything posted there as confirmed unless coming from a band member or someone else that is confirmed to be completely reliable.