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What I really appreciate about X is that stories too crazy to be true (like that one about protestors occupying that House office building) is that when someone
by matt123456789 3y ago
What I really appreciate about X is that stories too crazy to be true (like that one about protestors occupying that House office building) is that when someone posts a sensationalized but FAKE version of the headline (“Congress Invaded Again! Just like Jan 6!”) it often comes with a Community Note attached (“This was the Cannon Office Building, not the Capitol”). The Community Notes feature set allows users to attach important context to stories and keeps things from spiraling too far into one narrative or another at the expense of the truth when a tweet starts to go viral.
- QuarterReptile 3y agoIt's an excellent feature. Are there any prominent examples yet of astroturfed fictitious community notes that overpower real information?