Facebook can't save us from fake news

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6 pointsvinaypai4 comments

Users can point out factual errors, quotations taken out of context, and misleading statements. They can highlight claims that do not cite a source (think of Wikipedia’s [citation needed] tag), or add additional context that either support or provide a counterpoint to the article.

So... Genius for news and political discourse? How would it be protected from Sybil attacks, trolls, bots, and raging ideologues? If every word is annotated a dozen ways, that sounds worthless, but if it’s being curated then what does it offer other than a new set of biases?

Yes, Genius for news is a fair analogy. You do have to actually justify your tag with a coherent argument, so it would take a fair bit of effort. Something like "CNN is fake news" wouldn't really pass muster.

It certainly sounds like it has potential and I wish you luck in it.

Thanks! I can't wait to have enough traffic to actually run into the problems you described. I'd say if there are people out there going out of their way to game it, that would be a good sign it's having an impact.

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