Post by Don on Dec 18, 2016 6:08:32 GMT -5
Possibly the worst thing about that type of share is that Facebook is designed to deliver and measure what users want to see and share, not necessarily what is true. And the more attention something gets, the higher up in ranking it will be, this the more prominent on news feeds globally. Facebook needs to accept its role as a digital publishing platform and start tailoring its algorithms. The funny part is that 4 students fixed the problem in 36 hours:
www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2016/11/18/fake-news-on-facebook-is-a-real-problem-these-college-students-came-up-with-a-fix/?utm_term=.a81da2f5b8b9
The solution is just a simple browser plugin that does scrapes and feed matching, the code is rough and inelegant, but it goes to show that should one of the most powerful social media companies in the world want to, they have the money and talent to resolve the viral\fake news issue.
OTOH, the next two articles recommended for me by WaPo, at the foot of that article, tell me we are not in a post-spin America.
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Yet people still argue, with a straight face, that there's a difference between religion and politics. Srsly?