If you're going to post crap on Facebook about our world being ruled by reptilian alien overlords, you had better have a mountain of evidence to back your claims. Evidence is not the one website you found with scrolling text in all caps at the top, proclaiming the aliens will kill all who resist.
Your first line of reasoning should come from common sense. How plausible is this idea? You should be able to answer simple questions yourself, without resorting to simply posting links. I've had link after link shoved down my throat before, and believe me, it doesn't work. If you want to post links, they should be sources to back up your the arguments you are making. You know; like you learned in high school. Legitimate websites should link to sources of it's claims too. There are many sites, however, that link sources; but the sources are just other articles written within the same site. (This is another way for them to make money, since many sites have ads that pay for page views.) This does not make them a credible source alone. YouTube is also a popular source, but the information contained is often hit-or-miss; and it is full of cranks and misinformation. With the constant improvement and decreased cost of technology, it has become easier to make phony videos look very realistic. The videos on YouTube are notorious for not linking to sources or even providing any kind of credentials either. Wikipedia and science journals are good sources of crowd sourced and or peer reviewed information.
Do everyone a favor and seriously try to disprove your own theory. If there are too many unknowns or coverups required to make your conspiracy work, your theory is nothing more than a giant "what if" scenario.
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