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> "Of all the content on Facebook, more than 99% of what people see is authentic. Only a very small amount is fake news and hoaxes. " You've lost me at this 'Z
by sean_patel 10y ago
> "Of all the content on Facebook, more than 99% of what people see is authentic. Only a very small amount is fake news and hoaxes. "
You've lost me at this 'Zuck'.
- ankushnarula 10y agoI suspect that the 99% number is a reflection of "unique number of fake content objects" rather than "number of times all fake content objects were shared or viewed". Also, since we all have a tendency to build our intuitions through confirmation bias it's best to discount our anecdotal intuitions since they may not align with the actual numbers.
- molecule 10y ago@ Facebook scale, w/ more than a active billion users, this is disingenuous, @ best-- what are the raw numbers? If the average user posted 100 articles during election season, then, less than a billion article postings were hoaxes? That is definitely NOT comforting...
- meira 10y agoWith an estimate of 20/30% of bots/fake profiles (and it could be more), at least 31% of Facebook posts are fake News.