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And community notes won't?
by ragebol 2y ago
And 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!"