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> I'm curious, what are HN's opinions around community notes on X/Twitter? I notice that there are influence groups who are trying to play them, but so far I h
by bhouston 2y ago
> I'm curious, what are HN's opinions around community notes on X/Twitter?
I notice that there are influence groups who are trying to play them, but so far I haven't seen them be successful. I see tons of proposed notes from certain groups but rarely do I see them actually be shown on X, so I guess it is robust in a way.
The main place it doesn't work is on popular polarizing accounts. For example, generally the followers of Elon Musk like him so if you try to correct him there, a bunch of his followers will just say the note is wrong even if it isn't, they vote out of loyalty to Elon. So polarizing large popular accounts generally cannot be community noted. Same applies to most political leaders.
So community notes is for correcting plebeians, not for the patricians.
- archagon 2y agoYikes. That almost seems worse than doing nothing. The presence of community notes for plebeian matters will make it seem like politically popular figures are never in the wrong.
- sebazzz 2y agoIt just gives the appearance of checks and balances - and that is exactly its purpose.
- dtquad 2y agoYes, it's useless on really polarizing topics like Israel/Palestine, Russia/Ukraine, immigration, and Elon Musk. But it's really good when it's nerds debunking other nerds. It could maybe even be something that future peer-review systems can take inspiration from.