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"Fake stories" are not the biggest problem, and focusing on them could fix surface issues without addressing the underlying echo chamber effect. This piece is b
by bbctol 10y ago
"Fake stories" are not the biggest problem, and focusing on them could fix surface issues without addressing the underlying echo chamber effect. This piece is better than most, but I wish all people arguing for Facebook and Google to stop enabling opinions to be manipulated weren't so distracted by simple lies. It's the series of cherry-picked facts that create a narrative that we have to watch out for.
- Pokepokalypse 10y agoFake stories are a huge problem. A trump supporter just shared a story yesterday about a mob of muslims marching through an American neighborhood demanding that Christmas decorations be taken down. Doesn't even pass the smell test: yet this person believes them implicitly. This election was decided so narrowly, you have to wonder what the impact was.