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Their advertisers are not operating from the office of the chief executive of one of the largest and most successful of nations.

mc32 6y ago
So some forms of disinformation are more acceptable than others even if they have more immediate effects on people?
- D-Coder 6y ago
  This is the "Doesn't cure cancer!" response. They don't have to be perfect. They don't have to save the world. They don't have to cure cancer. Any improvement is an improvement.
- gamblor956 6y ago
  Yes. There are degrees of disinformation. Some are worse than others. Life is not binary.
  - serf 6y ago
    where does twitter draw the line, and how does that line affect the usage of the platform? If twitter created some arbitrary rule like "We're going to fact-check all state/government personnel.", then the state/government personnel would just change platforms. it's a real issue -- it's potentially more dangerous to push politicians to lie on platforms that fact-checkers can't respond and provide feedback towards, and if twitter starts playing hardball against politicians that's exactly what will happen. A ton of small echo-chamber communities that splinter off as a result of perceived hostility or discrimination from twitter (but really any social media group) and the general public may be more hostile/dangerous than having these groups of people being vetted by the public at large constantly on twitter or other popular platforms.
    - kelnos 6y ago
      So... don't do any fact-checking because the people you're fact-checking might go to a platform where there's no fact checking? I hope you recognize how absurd that idea is.
    - greendesk 6y ago
      If these echo chambers move elsewhere, Twitter might be a more sought-after media. Meanwhile, I make the claim that the echo chambers will stagnate rapidly outside a big platform. The echo chambers need constant exposure to gain new ideological members. If left to a private-club-platform, they will not showcase themselves. Note that there is a strong adherence to the YCombinator’s code of conduct on the current platform - but we come back to discuss ideas here, not to a not-vetted forum. By making the level of adherence to fact checks, discussions will improve.

mc32 6y ago

So some forms of disinformation are more acceptable than others even if they have more immediate effects on people?

D-Coder 6y ago
This is the "Doesn't cure cancer!" response. They don't have to be perfect. They don't have to save the world. They don't have to cure cancer. Any improvement is an improvement.
gamblor956 6y ago
Yes. There are degrees of disinformation. Some are worse than others. Life is not binary.
- serf 6y ago
  where does twitter draw the line, and how does that line affect the usage of the platform? If twitter created some arbitrary rule like "We're going to fact-check all state/government personnel.", then the state/government personnel would just change platforms. it's a real issue -- it's potentially more dangerous to push politicians to lie on platforms that fact-checkers can't respond and provide feedback towards, and if twitter starts playing hardball against politicians that's exactly what will happen. A ton of small echo-chamber communities that splinter off as a result of perceived hostility or discrimination from twitter (but really any social media group) and the general public may be more hostile/dangerous than having these groups of people being vetted by the public at large constantly on twitter or other popular platforms.
  - kelnos 6y ago
    So... don't do any fact-checking because the people you're fact-checking might go to a platform where there's no fact checking? I hope you recognize how absurd that idea is.
  - greendesk 6y ago
    If these echo chambers move elsewhere, Twitter might be a more sought-after media. Meanwhile, I make the claim that the echo chambers will stagnate rapidly outside a big platform. The echo chambers need constant exposure to gain new ideological members. If left to a private-club-platform, they will not showcase themselves. Note that there is a strong adherence to the YCombinator’s code of conduct on the current platform - but we come back to discuss ideas here, not to a not-vetted forum. By making the level of adherence to fact checks, discussions will improve.