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We call upon Reddit to take action against rampant Coronavirus misinformation
- delgaudm 5y agoI have a feeling that I couldn't trust Reddit staff to actually identify misinformation even if they saw it. I think that the fact that the voting mechanism doesn't handle this already naturally is a sign that Reddit's voting algorithm needs revisiting as a whole.
- johnnyanmac 5y agoSo, is there some specific community being targeted for this? Maybe I'm ignorant to some huge antivaxx sub on the level to r/the_donald, but most misinformation I see tends to be some downvoted drivel deep in the comment section of a post. So, Reddit works as intended. The subs called out I see after skimming don't seem to amount to much - r/noNewNormal, which is already quarantined - r/ivermectin, which is concerning, but not even a sub with 10K subs. Worth bringing attention too, but I wouldn't imagine a mass protest being made over such a small community - r/conspiracy. Sure, but that sub has been wacko well before the pandemic. It's in the name. - Then the usual conservative subs because Reddit. Not even worth acknowledging. Am I missing something?