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I see a lot of comments on satire links that clearly demonstrate that large numbers of people can’t always spot satire. That possibly says more about the curren
by StephenMelon 9y ago
I see a lot of comments on satire links that clearly demonstrate that large numbers of people can’t always spot satire. That possibly says more about the current cultural and political climate than it does about people’s gullibility though.
- ceejayoz 9y agoAs an example: a sitting Congressman thought The Onion's "Planned Parenthood Opens $8 Billion Abortionplex" was a believable headline. https://www.yahoo.com/news/blogs/sideshow/congressman-thought-parody-article-planned-parenthood-real-113439270.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/blogs/sideshow/congressman-though...
- pavel_lishin 9y ago> current I don't think the current situation is all that different from 2005, when Poe's Law was coined.
- ctdonath 9y agoIt's not Facebook's job to spot satire or fakes for people. Users expect a "common carrier" type experience, not news curation.
- ceejayoz 9y agoFacebook has over two billion users. "Users expect" a wide variety of different things, and I suspect if you polled them there'd be plenty who expect Facebook to do some curation, particularly in the "trending topics" sort of area.