Just curious, is this exclusive to republicans? Anyone seen the leftist fake news?
Visit CNN.com or read Paul Krugman's Columns.
These two youngs are making $40k+ a month with fake political news
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#22Forget nuclear armageddon.
Humanity will destroy itself via social media.
Social Media has caused more harm than nuclear weapons ever will.
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#23These people are honestly scum, representing the apotheosis of cynicism in politics and media. If Facebook had any shred of credibility left they'd shut them down now after this article.
Imagine if these knuckleheads were not just going for clicks but actively being paid (say by a super PAC) to inflict damage to the other side? At lest right now it seems the damage inflicted is just collateral damage for clicks.
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#24Inspiring! Taking the advice of many SV heroes before them, those who disrupted the world with just a computer and savvy entrepreneurship. And they didn't even need venture capital to become succesful! I bet a BTC or two they read Zero to One - wonder what Thiel thinks of them. Probably regrets he didn't give them a fellowship when they were still wasting their potential on university among luddites.
I don't understand the need for such heavy sarcasm.
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#25How are these sites monetizing so well? Is it really just Outbrain type stuff? How do they grab traffic when starting from zero? What are the best sites / forums these days for keeping up to date on content publishing and monetization? (No, not interested in "fake news," but I do have interest in publishing). I know there were some prominent forums back when I was publishing 10 years ago but where should I begin to g…
The site is linked in the article, just look at what they're doing and how they're doing it.
Since they're scumbags, and since it hilariously pops up "You are not allowed to copy content or view source" when pressing CTRL+U, I won't link to their site here, but this instead:
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#26These people are honestly scum, representing the apotheosis of cynicism in politics and media. If Facebook had any shred of credibility left they'd shut them down now after this article.
Exactly -- I don't understand why they agreed to be interviewed. People riding a profit wave usually don't announce to the world that they're frauds.
I think they are so disgusted with the system, they're trying to say "fuck it all" and grab some cash and hopefully hasten the crash and burn of the "modern media".
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#27say you are reading an article, what is the best way to gauge the authenticity of the article and how to make the user actually give a shit about it's validity?
It surprises me people read fake news on FB knowing it's false but upvote or share it because of crowd effect-lot of shares & likes must mean it's legitimate.
This is a major loss of confidence in Facebook, at first dow right denying the existence of fake news, now announcing half measures to kill their own user engagement. It boggles my mind such company is somehow more valuable than incumbent tech giants with more cash than facebook will ever earn in it's lifetime.
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#29I'm surprised so many people are shocked about this.
Has nobody seen what ESPN has become because it's the exact same thing: opinion pieces with no real content because that's what gets more views as it adheres to the lowest common denominator and is much cheaper to produce.
It's also analogous to reality TV taking over television.
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#30I like the caption: "Liberty Writers News founders Paris Wade, left, and Ben Goldman work at their apartment in Long Beach, Calif., on Nov. 14, 2016. Stuart Palley For The Washington Post"
It flows like a single sentence.