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‘I have a duty to do this’: Meet the Redditors fighting 2020’s fake news war (www.fastcompany.com) similar stories update story
6 points by kschwab1 | karma 7 | avg karma 0.78 2020-03-02 11:42:53 | hide | past | favorite | 5 comments



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How about quit posting this garbage to HN?

Fighting fake news on Reddit it’s like fighting for privacy on Facebook or Google

These people are fighting misinformation with misinformation

On one hand, identification of misinformation is a good thing. On the other hand, initiatives like this often end up highly partisan to the point where the label of misinformation is arguably misinformation in and of itself. E.g. I've seen redditors involved in these subreddits try to claim that saying capitalism is good for society is misinformation. My prediction is that this will essentially end up like Rational Wiki.

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