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I'd feel better about a "right to comment": So instead of deleting the record of my arrest, I could add some kind of comment explaining that I was not convicte
by BurningFrog 2y ago
I'd feel better about a "right to comment":
So instead of deleting the record of my arrest, I could add some kind of comment explaining that I was not convicted in the end.
- cvalka 2y agoThe right of rebuttal!
- bdangubic 2y agorebuttals are never read by anyone. there are numerous examples of this like in our modern age a completely bogus story will “go viral” and will be shared / read by millions and millions while a retraction will go completely unnoticed. even more serious, bogus scientific studies like the one that started the whole “vaccines cause autism” while fully disputed cannot be undone with a retraction/rebuttal
- BurningFrog 2y agoIn my imagined system, the rebuttal/comment is displayed right next to the original story.
- bdangubic 2y agoit won’t be read as it came after the original story and is no longer “interesting.” imagine if say Diddy got exonerated of all charges against him and leaves jail tonight. subsequently imagine every story written since his arrests gets a disclaimer “the accused was cleared of all charges” - that gon help Diddy in any way? perhaps Diddy is a bad example but it don’t matter where you put the rebuttal - it will be completely ignored
- recursivecaveat 2y agoUnfortunately so much information is spread through half-remembered tweets of quotes from screenshots of tumblr posts, a lot of people will never see the original story to begin with. Sometimes I feel like I have to pull people's teeth to get straight talk and links out of people making serious accusations instead of indirect references.