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Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms

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707 points patd | 3 comments | 27 May 20 12:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.641s | source
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exabrial ◴[27 May 20 13:50 UTC] No.23323163[source]▶
I once got a strike on social media for posting an article about a German doctor that recommended whiskey to cure covid19. It was a joke, and any reasonable adult would know this is false.

It's hard for me to feel sorry for companies that go down the fact checking route with algorithms; It always ends up causing more damage than value.

12 years ago we didn't have this problem, and I think that's mostly related to the fact there was some UX resistance to hitting the "reahare" button.

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nkkollaw ◴[27 May 20 14:10 UTC] No.23323510[source]▶
Well, I don't think it can be see as a positive even if human beings are the ones to fact-check.

Who is someone working for Facebook or anyone else to flag my messages because they think they're not factual?

This is crazy.

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1. pbhjpbhj ◴[27 May 20 14:15 UTC] No.23323601[source]▶
If you think the fact checker is wrong, you're welcome to provide your view -- fact checking is better than censorship and absolutely needed on social media to hinder its use for control at the population level (Cambridge Analytica style control).
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2. nkkollaw ◴[27 May 20 20:00 UTC] No.23329148[source]▶
Thanks for your permission to provide my view.
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3. rootusrootus ◴[27 May 20 23:15 UTC] No.23331342[source]▶
If every participant were acting in good faith, it wouldn't be a problem.