Fake news is socially acceptable, if it agrees with your (and many of you friends') viewpoint.
I have had a numerous friends and family of all levels of education genuinely share things that is clearly misleading, if not fake, to my eyes at first glance. There could be multiple reasons: some people simply want the story to be true, others simply trust a place that has a website and a mostly-shady look.
We need major change and guidance to help people separate lies from the truth... as long as people still want the truth, which is not entirely clear to me right now.
That's a valid point. I guess I am just hoping that viewing and sharing fake news is also socially unacceptable. Kinda like how you should be ashamed of telling people you got your stock picks from a palm reader or something like that.
Sadly, you often look like a killjoy if you respond with a Snopes link discrediting someone's shared image. And even if something's retracted, it's too late - the disinformation is out there.
Could something like Slashdot's meta-moderation ever be applied? In that case, you judged moderation anonymously.
Is spouting non-defamatory lies or exaggerated information free speech?
Fake news is absolutely not socially acceptable if it agrees with your own viewpoint.
Google does a pretty good job of detecting scam website these days by looking at site reputation and detecting link farms. Hopefully Facebook will do the same.
Fake news absolutely is acceptable. For the posts involving fake news on your Facebook, have you seen more people agreeing with the story - or at least liking it - or more people fact-checking it and getting a like on the fact-check link?
I have always seen more likes on the story itself than on any fact-checking correction follow-up comment.
We are agreeeing. I meant "socially, as in what a proper member of Society should do". Don't steal things from others and don't spread fake news, among other morals we should hold dear.
Fake news is absolutely not socially acceptable, even if it agrees with your own viewpoint.
Google does a pretty good job of detecting scam website these days by looking at site reputation and detecting link farms. Hopefully Facebook will do the same.
Fake news is socially acceptable, if it agrees with your (and many of you friends') viewpoint.
I have had a numerous friends and family of all levels of education genuinely share things that is clearly misleading, if not fake, to my eyes at first glance. There could be multiple reasons: some people simply want the story to be true, others simply trust a place that has a website and a mostly-shady look.
We need major change and guidance to help people separate lies from the truth... as long as people still want the truth, which is not entirely clear to me right now.
reply