• themurphy@lemmy.ml
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        2 days ago

        Just look at front page on reddit. Basically half of the headlines are misleading.

        • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
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          1 day ago

          A lot of the time there’s a comment correcting the title or article at the top though. Pros and cons with that system.

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            1 day ago

            There is, but doesn’t explain why there’s more upvotes on the post than the comment. Most people would downvote the post after reading that comment, but it’s usually higher anyway. (and sometimes it’s not, I know)

            • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
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              1 day ago

              Because people don’t go to the comments, they read the title on the front/subreddit page, sometimes vote and then move on.

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      1 day ago

      and, what happens when say the community overwhelms, say a conservative facebook group, could add a community note saying “the geese are dissapearing near hatian communities, and there are x missing cats and dogs”. While voting against notes actually reporting the Mayor, Police etc… having denied the claims and also noting that the missing animals are normal for any region of said size.

    • limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 days ago

      Nothing stopping meta from adjusting or hiding the vote count later. Hundreds of ways to fiddle with that thing, some really subtle and would not generate drama.

      I’m pretty sure the current reason to remove the fact checking is so the company is not put on a collision course with government, a government that will lie so much daily it will break all records.

      So, just because they can alter the community notes does not mean they will

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      2 days ago

      In a capitalist society, you get much better quality when you pay someone their living to do that.