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Mark Zuckerberg's update on fake news
- dkarapetyan 10y agoThe rational point of view on all this is to ignore any and all news from social media outlets like facebook. Get your news from places that do not have a vested interest in keeping you glued to the screen for as long as possible. In a very real sense facebook does not exist without clickbait so facebook's core value system will never be aligned with spreading actual news. It is the same reason network news is no longer news. Real news does not keep viewers glued to the screen so the network channels have evolved into their current form to optimize advertising revenue and ratings.
- sean_patel 10y ago> While the percentage of misinformation is relatively small, we have much more work ahead on our roadmap. Wow. This just reminded me of Joeseph Goebbels. "If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it, and you will even come to believe it yourself." Why does 'Zuck' continue to lie? Has he started believing it himself? Several independent organization and scribes have proven that as much as 35% of links and stories on Facebook are fabricated, click-baity and outright FALSE stories. 1 even as recently as yesterday.
- des429 10y agoHow about teaching people how to fact check for themselves? Seek primary sources, running through the scientific method, and absorbing info without any confirmation bias. Teach people how to think for themselves. This seems like the opposite of that.
- sean_patel 10y ago> How about teaching people how to fact check for themselves? How would an average person with average intelligence (which is over 80% of the world population) know if the "Fact check" site they are checking facts at, isn't also a fake site with fake facts? Heard of AstroTurfing ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bYAQ-ZZtEU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bYAQ-ZZtEU