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I spent a stupid number of hours fighting disinformation on FB during the 2016 election -- responding to batshit crazy links from FB friends who were getting fe
by robterrell 8y ago
I spent a stupid number of hours fighting disinformation on FB during the 2016 election -- responding to batshit crazy links from FB friends who were getting fed their batshit crazy from what we now know were 100% trolling-for-bucks fake news sites, or straight-up foreign disinformation efforts.
I don't have a catchy derogative name for a future where truth is determined by the number of upvotes, but it's clearly not less dangerous than an "Orwellian" future where truth is established by elites.
Also -- Snopes is hardly Big Brother.