Snowden: Stop Relying on Facebook for Your News
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Re: Snowden: Stop Relying on Facebook for Your News
#2Right. People just need to leave their bubbles, read from a variety of sources, and not rely on their friends for news.
Obviously easier said than done. But personally that's what RSS feeds are great for.
Long ago in 2011, there was a lovely TED talk about the possible bubbles forming. https://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_b...
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#3Does Snowden really think that the canonical man on the street is here waiting to be advised on this topic?
The people who were influenced the most by fake news are those who probably don't even feel there exists a fake news issue.
Re: Snowden: Stop Relying on Facebook for Your News
#4Minus regulation or financial disincentive, Facebook is incentivized to push crap at you that you like.
They clearly make a mint off of this stuff, so good luck affecting change.
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#5> Facebook itself is addressing the controversy by announcing they plan to ban fake news outlets from their ad network, cutting off the revenue source for these sites.
It's funny that the linked article[0], presumably from a "real" news source, very clearly says that Facebook's action will have basically no effect on the issue.
[0] http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-facebook-fake-news-201...
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#6This might not be possible. People who actually swapped feeds with someone who had a different viewpoint decided they did "not like the news" because it didn't validate their very own viewpoint. So the problem isn't how fact checked the news is but more on the voter's views. That might be something very hard to change. [1]
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/16/facebook-bia...
Re: Snowden: Stop Relying on Facebook for Your News
#7This might not be possible. People who actually swapped feeds with someone who had a different viewpoint decided they did "not like the news" because it didn't validate their very own viewpoint. So the problem isn't how fact checked the news is but more on the voter's views. That might be something very hard to change. [1] [1] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/16/facebook-bia...
The correct answer isn't to "switch feeds". It's to just turn it off.
I'm happier, more productive and a better dad when I'm not being a feed-junkie. Maybe I'm an outlier.
Re: Snowden: Stop Relying on Facebook for Your News
#8Right. People just need to leave their bubbles, read from a variety of sources, and not rely on their friends for news. Obviously easier said than done. But personally that's what RSS feeds are great for. Long ago in 2011, there was a lovely TED talk about the possible bubbles forming. https://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_b...
People don't want to leave their bubbles, for the fear of uncovering uncomfortable truths. For example, I have friends who flat out refused to read any of the WikiLeaks e-mails that could potentially reveal something bad about Hillary, her campaign, the DNC, or any entity on the left.
That's just how some (probably a lot of) people are. When some people encounter something that challenges your pre-existing beliefs, it's easier to just ignore it and stay in your bubble of comfort.
And that mindset, IMO, is not an easy thing to fix.
Re: Snowden: Stop Relying on Facebook for Your News
#9Does Snowden really think that the canonical man on the street is here waiting to be advised on this topic? The people who were influenced the most by fake news are those who probably don't even feel there exists a fake news issue.
That last line is the kicker. People are ignorant to the truth and|or simply refuse to believe it for whatever reason.
Re: Snowden: Stop Relying on Facebook for Your News
#10Does Snowden really think that the canonical man on the street is here waiting to be advised on this topic? The people who were influenced the most by fake news are those who probably don't even feel there exists a fake news issue.
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