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Ads actually provide value to hundreds of thousands of small businesses. I personally know multiple business owners that almost exclusively rely on Meta ads to
by xvector 2y ago
Ads actually provide value to hundreds of thousands of small businesses. I personally know multiple business owners that almost exclusively rely on Meta ads to survive.
Fact checkers provide no value over Community Notes and often just misinterpret things through their own politicized lens
Edit: Convinced that HN is mad about this change because it means that the common political leaning of HN will no longer be amplified. Community Notes is objectively the more democratic and fair solution here, and a technically sound one as well.
- SilverBirch 2y agoI’m not mad about the change because of whose politics it amplifies. Mark Zuckerberg will do absolutely whatever it takes to line his pockets. He doesn’t a moral bone in his body. I just find it funny that he’s even attempting to pretend this is anything other than choosing the most politically expedient option.
- ragebol 2y agoAnd community notes won't?
- xvector 2y agoIf they'll both misinterpret things, might as well go with the free, decentralized, and democratic option.
- amanaplanacanal 2y agoFacts are now whatever most people think is true.
- xvector 2y agoFor the kind of statements typically getting fact checked, unironically yes.
- ragebol 2y agoFacts aren't democratic. One scientist can't possibly democratically verify facts if there are a hundred crazy family uncles and aunts not liking/denying their facts or simply feeling different.
- xvector 2y agoFacts are a lot more nuanced than you seem to think they are, especially for the political statements typically being fact checked It's absolutely trivial to creatively interpret statistics in a way that pushes your agenda and say "hey look the FACTS agree with me!"