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He either invented sources or made up quotes from real people he never met. How do you expect this platform to remedy that?
by 99052882514569 8y ago
He either invented sources or made up quotes from real people he never met. How do you expect this platform to remedy that?
- ben_jones 8y agoDigital signatures from sources would be a nice feature, maybe some kind of trust system such that sources could be kept anonymous.
- matt4077 8y agoThere were a few tells one could find, at least after the fact. For example, he described a women locking her door „with three turns of the key“. That’s something that works on German locks, where the bolt keeps advancing. But the incident was supposed to have happened in some southern US state. And in the US, most locks only allow a quarter turn. I asked specifically about the prevalence of different lock types in the state in a HN threat at the time. That said, this is a singular and decidedly rare event. The insinuation of widespread whole-cloth fabrication is almost certainly wrong, and probably more damaging to democracy than any actual fraud will ever be.
- 99052882514569 8y agoThe three turns is only a salient mess-up in light of other, much more damning evidence. On its own, it's credibly explainable as an honest mistake (I was there but who counts these things? I just assumed).
- 50656E6973 8y agoYeah I don't know how well this tool could remedy that, or whatever else it hopes to solve. I don't see how this is hardly different than just sourcing your own facts with Google.