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Facebook admits it must do more to stop the spread of misinformation

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Re: Facebook admits it must do more to stop the spread of misinformation

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Post by quirkafleeg »

hueving wrote: post #634
quirkafleeg wrote: post #534

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> Your comment implies that the commentor was axe-grinding with women in general. The complaint was about two particular women writers at the guardian using their own sex and feminism as a shield against criticism and fuel for their own click bait. So it's okay for you to infer what other people mean, but not okay for me to do it? Where did I say "women in general"? Why would my post imply what he said, when everyone…

He has a problem with two women . It's you that made it ambiguous by claiming he had a problem "with women".

> He has a problem with two women.

How do you know he has a problem with (just) two women? Did he say that? No. Even now he hasn't said that. On the contrary, he specifically said "people like" the two examples he named.

Are you genuinely telling me you don't know what "people like" means in this context?

> It's you that made it ambiguous by claiming he had a problem "with women".

The words "with women" don't even appear in any of my comments, in any context at all, so I don't know where you're quoting that from. I actually said "I have no idea what proportion of women he has a problem with".

And if my understanding of another person's comment (which is still there, in his own words) somehow made that comment "ambiguous", why are you not finding it ambiguous?

Re: Facebook admits it must do more to stop the spread of misinformation

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Post by revscat »

steveplace wrote: post #288
overcast wrote: post #156

This is seriously hilarious. Now that's he's won, against seemingly all odds, we have to find some other reason for why EVERYONE ELSE, was completely WRONG. Every media outlet, everyone in politics, all the polls, completely shit on Trump. Now look who is the most powerful person in the entire world. The Democrats, and the rest, did it to themselves. Overconfidence, smear campaigns, and all of the morons doing the po…

This article would not have been written had the election outcome been different.

There's no way to no for sure. We can suspect, and presume based upon our political leanings, but there is no way to know.

Re: Facebook admits it must do more to stop the spread of misinformation

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Post by ewzimm »

intended wrote: post #640
ewzimm wrote: post #199

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This is absolutely the right answer, but maybe Facebook can do some things to help. It's possible to gamify the process of learning to spot biases by presenting people with situations and getting them to think critically to solve the biases or fallacies. Especially on Facebook, people love filling out questionnaires that tell them something about themselves. I'm not saying that one smart game is going to fix the enti…

It doesn't work that way. It assumes that what people are doing is wrong - it's not. The mental overhead to assess everything clinically is sufficient that faster thinkers can just outrun you. People/brains are making trade offs to deal with the world around them. Other humans are taking advantage of those gaps to mobilize votes or advertisements. There's no way out and I've been wondering when people would realize t…

There's really an amazing amount of misinformation and manipulation going on. I think there's a place for people developing critical thinking skills, but there's also a limit to what people can sort through. There's a big need for more software to fact-check and compare sources across the Internet. Having Facebook run it is one part of the solution, but people need to have transparent software that they control to do the same kind of work so it isn't entirely centralized. Google, Amazon, and Facebook assistants are great, but we need personal assistants that work for us.

Re: Facebook admits it must do more to stop the spread of misinformation

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Post by majani »

jwm4 wrote: post #545
majani wrote: post #498

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Better and easier to do a Google News search for the link itself. If the link doesn't show up in news search, it can be considered a less credible source. If the link shows up, it'll be accompanied by follow up sources

Google as the arbitrator of what's good or bad? Please!

well are you going to suggest a better solution?
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