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I think the easiest (?) thing to do would be to create automated tools to help individuals raise the level of debate when they encounter disinformation. Somethi
by YossarianFrPrez 5y ago
I think the easiest (?) thing to do would be to create automated tools to help individuals raise the level of debate when they encounter disinformation. Something where you could paste in a comment and get some analysis which included a) a classification about the specific kind of disinformation, b) an analysis of different kinds of sentiment, c) suggestions for how to reach the person spreading the disinformation, and d) other recommended strategies.
Anti-disinformation campaigns are probably more effective with a decentralized component.
I think it's important to realize that it's not a question of facts vs. "facts." In my experience there are grievances which can, until they are heard, make a person relatively impervious to facts and traditional debate.
- henrikschroder 5y agoFunnily enough, Facebook tried that shit as well with covid. I saw them pop up an extra icon in the comment field. "Insert a GIF", "Insert a Smiley", "Insert a Covid fact" Also extremely off-putting and counter-productive. Who is writing the comment? Me or Facebook? Why am I writing this comment, when the glorious Algorithm could just auto-generate a response for me? And of course the insertable "facts" were irrelevant to the discussion, and were just re-iterations of the mainstream position.