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I think this is an important point. I am reposting it here since it is at the bottom of the page and we don’t always get there. > And so, maybe the majority of
by mikeiz404 7y ago
I think this is an important point. I am reposting it here since it is at the bottom of the page and we don’t always get there.
> And so, maybe the majority of people wouldn’t even want SafeBrowsing-style blacklists of fake news sites or verification badges on legitimate journalist-vetted news articles, because they’re not reading the news to learn the truth - they’re reading the news to validate and spread their existing worldviews.
>Effectively this means that any technological solution to the information apocalypse depends on a social/behavioral solution: people need to welcome cognitive dissonance into their online spaces instead of shunning it. But it sounds almost ridiculous to suggest that shares/likes/retweets should be based on factual accuracy, not emotions. That’s not how social media works.