MaybeBS started with a stubborn idea: most readers can tell when a story is real and when it’s a joke — if you make the difference clear and stop hiding sources. Most of the modern web does the opposite. Headlines look like news; outrage looks like analysis; satire looks like an opinion column. MaybeBS pulls the seams apart again.

We publish two kinds of writing, side by side:

Satire. Pieces that punch at power, ego, and self-inflicted nonsense. We won’t satirise tragedies, the deaths of loved ones, children, mental illness, or disability — those aren’t fair game. Everything else, fair game.

Real news, with the receipts. Articles where you can see how many independent sources are reporting the same thing — not “trust us,” but “here are the other newsrooms saying it.” We use the AumaScout corroboration engine to count and label sources transparently, and we never claim a single source corroborates anything. One source is one source. Four is four.

The label on each article tells you which is which. Satire pieces get a “Satire” pill at the top. Real-news pieces carry a star-rating that reflects how broadly the claim is corroborated, with the verbatim disclaimer from the corroboration engine — never our own paraphrase.

We don’t want you to trust MaybeBS. We want you to read MaybeBS, look at the sources, and decide.

Behind the byline: MaybeBS is run by Steve from the UK — a small operation, not a newsroom. Tips, corrections, and complaints (especially corrections) go to Contact. The site’s Privacy Policy covers what we collect (the answer is “as little as we can”) and how Google AdSense uses cookies to serve ads.

Think twice.