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So we're going deplatform all satire?

• dkonofalski 7y ago
  That's not what they're suggesting and you know it.
  • beerandt 7y ago
    I do. But it's an impossible line to draw. How many people need to claim they believe satire is the truth for an article to be flagged?
    • dkonofalski 7y ago
      No, it's not. Every single one of those articles stems from a post on their forum where it's been requested. They regularly pick them based on their popularity in the forum. As long as they're consistent with that, it's completely possible to address these specific instances.
      • beerandt 7y ago
        >popularity in the forum This is not, in anyway, a reasonable filter for bias, let alone one for satire.
        • dkonofalski 7y ago
          It's not a filter for bias and no one has claimed that it is. It's a filter for whether or not to address the content of a claim. Popularity is absolutely a reasonable filter for that and that seems to be what Snopes is using, regardless of politics, satire, or otherwise.
• pwinnski 7y ago
  Snopes doesn't de-platform anyone. Your beef is rightly with Google or Facebook. Snopes labels things that are false as false. This includes many or most satirical articles. Given the number of times I've told someone that a thing is false and had to provide a scopes link before they would even start to believe me, I'm very grateful for snopes. Facebook and Google can pound sand.
  • beerandt 7y ago
    I have plenty of issues with them too. But that doesn't exonerate Snopes for twisting claims in misleading ways, whether satire or not. I used to rely on them, too. That's part of the reason that it pisses me off so much... It used to be a great resource. Now I use it more to see how a political claim is going to spun, than to check whether it's true.