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Critically though, a correction is at #1 top spot today. That's about as good as it gets. Corrections in newspapers don't run the same as headlines, nobody upv

Critically though, a correction is at #1 top spot today. That's about as good as it gets. Corrections in newspapers don't run the same as headlines, nobody upvotes corrections to reddit or Instagram etc... I'd suggest that as far as iterating in the direction of finding the truth, this is a best in class example of how to do it.

paulintrognon 6y ago
Maybe a tag in the original title could also help? Something like: "[FAKENEWS] When a customer refunds your paid app, Apple doesn’t refund the 30% cut" People not reading the comments will then have a way of knowing this is false information.
- aaron695 6y ago
  A current front page article - "Anti-climate action statements get more visibility in news coverage, study finds" is [FAKENEWS] You want to fight that battle?
  - Illniyar 6y ago
    The article is not fakenews. It covers a research about anti-climate statements. Those can be fakenews (though depends on the nature of the statement I would say).
    - aaron695 6y ago
      I'd like to keep this meta if possible. When you wrote this comment had you read the journal article to see if the Press Release and Press Release Title linked on HN accurately represents the published journal article?
- yborg 6y ago
  Terrible tag idea, it's implicitly negative and accusatory. In this instance, the guy was apparently just honestly misinformed. The main problem is that most of the original thread ballooned with upvotes because it became general "<big corporate entity> is bad" kvetching which is perennially popular and probably doesn't belong on HN at all. As long as these kinds of threads aren't modkilled, these things will happen, you just have to deal with it. Tagging them won't solve anything.
  - mistermann 6y ago
    Technically, it is not known what the consequences of an untried action might be. There are many possibilities, that vary according to differing circumstances.
FabHK 6y ago
And in less than 18 hours. Wish all fake news were debunked so quickly and thoroughly and prominently everywhere.
- mistermann 6y ago
  In this one example. How might one know how many cases were not realized in HN's history?
dicomdan 6y ago
It's already gone from the top.

paulintrognon 6y ago

Maybe a tag in the original title could also help? Something like: "[FAKENEWS] When a customer refunds your paid app, Apple doesn’t refund the 30% cut" People not reading the comments will then have a way of knowing this is false information.

aaron695 6y ago
A current front page article - "Anti-climate action statements get more visibility in news coverage, study finds" is [FAKENEWS] You want to fight that battle?
- Illniyar 6y ago
  The article is not fakenews. It covers a research about anti-climate statements. Those can be fakenews (though depends on the nature of the statement I would say).
  - aaron695 6y ago
    I'd like to keep this meta if possible. When you wrote this comment had you read the journal article to see if the Press Release and Press Release Title linked on HN accurately represents the published journal article?
yborg 6y ago
Terrible tag idea, it's implicitly negative and accusatory. In this instance, the guy was apparently just honestly misinformed. The main problem is that most of the original thread ballooned with upvotes because it became general "<big corporate entity> is bad" kvetching which is perennially popular and probably doesn't belong on HN at all. As long as these kinds of threads aren't modkilled, these things will happen, you just have to deal with it. Tagging them won't solve anything.
- mistermann 6y ago
  Technically, it is not known what the consequences of an untried action might be. There are many possibilities, that vary according to differing circumstances.

FabHK 6y ago

And in less than 18 hours. Wish all fake news were debunked so quickly and thoroughly and prominently everywhere.

mistermann 6y ago
In this one example. How might one know how many cases were not realized in HN's history?

dicomdan 6y ago

It's already gone from the top.