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What's more, I have noticed an element of contagion forming where, for every paywalled article, there's several lower-quality unpaywalled articles referring to
by z3c0 4y ago
What's more, I have noticed an element of contagion forming where, for every paywalled article, there's several lower-quality unpaywalled articles referring to the former, but with their own biased spins. Fact-checking those articles is difficult because you can't verify the source, but they end up circulating more, because people can read them.
In the long-term, I think this is going to damage the quality of information conducting through our society, and maybe even worsen the propaganda problem that we're currently facing.
- Spooky23 4y agoIt absolutely is already happening. Fox and the NYPost is always free and end up owning the narrative for many people. There’s coordinated campaigns when issues pop up. When the former president gets himself in trouble, I basically get an early warning when my father in law is upset about some “woke” school/mayor/etc doing something outrageous.
- pjc50 4y agoInformation which helps you is going to cost you money. Information which harms you or benefits someone else - propaganda and advertising - will not only be free but ubiquitous. AI will make this even worse, as it can produce infinite quantities of fiction which looks like information.