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Because people want to use social media, and they're going to keep doing it. And people talk about news. They're still going to talk about it with friends and
by bpodgursky 6y ago
Because people want to use social media, and they're going to keep doing it. And people talk about news.
They're still going to talk about it with friends and family. Except, instead of at least linking to an article, now they'll have to share it via selected bits and pieces that FB can't censor (or via pure interpretation).
- g_p 6y agoPerhaps there could be an unintended consequence that people will need to put some more effort into "sharing news" (i.e. writing or copying some words in order to begin a discussion)? By having multiple origin sources for the story (rather than one widely shared post from an outlet) it might reduce the popularity bias of "everyone else liked that, I should too"? Changing user behaviour is hard, but part of me wonders if this could be a really interesting experiment to see if it brings about any meaningful change on social media.