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> Facebook and Twitter are taking what must be very careful, researched action Sorry but are we talking about the same companies? What track record do they hav
by glial 6y ago
> Facebook and Twitter are taking what must be very careful, researched action
Sorry but are we talking about the same companies? What track record do they have that helps you to believe this?
- unethical_ban 6y agoBecause if they deleted 100% of the bullshit on their sites, tweet volume would be much lower. My point is, they clearly aren't removing the majority of disinformed and disinforming nonsense. And I don't think every human at the two orgs are evil. If they say "Look, we found these patterns, these correlations, this forensic data that points at coordinated disinformation", my intuition is that they have done just that.
- glial 6y agoSure, not every person is evil. You just need evil leaders and employees that need paychecks to be in a bad spot. The core problem is that they have two conflicting incentives. They don’t want to look bad for spreading misinformation so they try to restrict it. But, they are incentivized to make money, and posts spreading disinformation are lucrative because they appeal to eyeballs. I am extremely, extremely skeptical that this is a resolvable problem for them.