Facebook is rating the trustworthiness of its users on a scale from zero to one

Post by drb91 » Tue, Aug 21, 2018, 4:15 PM UTC

eivarv wrote: post #29

I don't understand why the big players such as Facebook and Google keeps insisting on using (appeals to) authority as a proxy to truth, when we have rules and systems for critical thinking. It seems to me that if the claims and stories in question could be re-posed (e.g. as falsifiable, logically coherent statements or arguments) the worst of "fake news" could be weeded out. The rest (and biases, etc.) would likely h…

Post by danielblazevski » Tue, Aug 21, 2018, 4:16 PM UTC

vorpalhex wrote: post #16

> Because Facebook forwards posts that are marked as false to third-party fact-checkers, she said it was important to build systems to assess whether the posts were likely to be false to make efficient use of fact-checkers’ time. This seems like a "the road to hell is paved with good intentions" kind of thing. On one hand, I understand not wanting to forward every single story when a troll is mass-reporting, on the o…

Post by eivarv » Tue, Aug 21, 2018, 4:18 PM UTC

drb91 wrote: post #41

eivarv wrote: post #29

I don't understand why the big players such as Facebook and Google keeps insisting on using (appeals to) authority as a proxy to truth, when we have rules and systems for critical thinking. It seems to me that if the claims and stories in question could be re-posed (e.g. as falsifiable, logically coherent statements or arguments) the worst of "fake news" could be weeded out. The rest (and biases, etc.) would likely h…

Maybe because it’s cheaper than being regulated like other broadcast media is, a likely response to non-action to widely harmful content.

Post by cambalache » Tue, Aug 21, 2018, 4:19 PM UTC

traek wrote: post #38

dsfyu404ed wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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> Lakes turn into swamps which turn into forests given enough time. While this is literally true, it's not clear to me that it's a relevant metaphor for online communities.

Post by NeonVice » Tue, Aug 21, 2018, 4:21 PM UTC

danielblazevski wrote: post #43

vorpalhex wrote: post #16

> Because Facebook forwards posts that are marked as false to third-party fact-checkers, she said it was important to build systems to assess whether the posts were likely to be false to make efficient use of fact-checkers’ time. This seems like a "the road to hell is paved with good intentions" kind of thing. On one hand, I understand not wanting to forward every single story when a troll is mass-reporting, on the o…

Good intentions? I would even argue against that. I find it hard to believe facebook has good intentions with this. Remember, Mr. Zuckerberg is alleged to have called Mr. Trump the night of the election to congratulate him. Let’s stop pretending like the tech industry is full of good intentioned people making an “oops”