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Facebook doesn't show up posts based on the source. They do it at individual levels. So even if you read the "Unbiased Times", you can get a biased selection o
by Tanegashima 9y ago
Facebook doesn't show up posts based on the source. They do it at individual levels.
So even if you read the "Unbiased Times", you can get a biased selection of articles because of the algorithm.
- pmyteh 9y agoQuite true. Analogous things happen in print, though: people often read only the sections of papers which interest them (and, at the extreme, consciously skip those op-ed columnists which raise their blood pressure).
- Tanegashima 9y agoExactly, and even if they read, they will reject it and forget it. However, in the old days, you could get away with fake news, and today, you can get away with fake news (even break the law, because it's the internet, and you can write in English and have .com or .us domain in whichever country you want), and it's even lucrative to do so!