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Ok given what we've seen from headlines recently, this actually makes sense. My grandma is old and I read older people share fake news more then youngins. My gr
by brootstrap 8y ago
Ok given what we've seen from headlines recently, this actually makes sense. My grandma is old and I read older people share fake news more then youngins. My grandma (and older aunts/uncles) are the only people who forward emails. I wouldnt be surprised if lots of fake news articles were forwarded around networks of older folks.
- bertil 8y agoThere is a correlation between age and “credulity” (for lack of a better word for ‘likely to share inflammatory fake news’) but it’s not the best proxy. The question is more: assuming that Facebook/WhatsApp can give its existing members a reasonably accurate score, would you allow certain people to share more? What would you do with new accounts?