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Not the case in my situation. Unless my Facebook circle is a complete outlier full of morons, fake news is a huge problem among older conservatives.

• jnordwick 10y ago
  Yes, because we can generalize off of your specific example. It clearly is representative of all sharing.
  • learc83 10y ago
    Since you're responding to a thread about my specific example... I'm also willing to donate $100 to a charity of your choice if you can find evidence that a significant portion, (let's say more than 25%) of fake news being shared on Facebook is just people doing it to say "look how fake this is."
    • jnordwick 10y ago
      What you are asking is impossible to my knowledge. I don't know of any tracking for why people share or the political affiliation of those that shared it. This also means you argument is purely conjecture too.
      • learc83 10y ago
        Of course my argument is conjecture. I based it solely on my sample size of a few hundred Facebook friends--clearly stated. Absent other evidence to the contrary, that is enough to convince me that people sharing fake news mostly believe it. If you have some other evidence to present--please go ahead. Do the majority of your over 45, conservative Facebook friends and family regularly share fake news just to point out that it's fake?