jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 17 days agoYouTube Adding Experimental Community Notes Feature to Battle Misinformationgizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down15
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minus-squarecosmicrookie@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up23·17 days agoAdding a feature to fight misinformation: feature is used to spread misinformation
minus-squaregedaliyah@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·17 days agoNo, that would only be true if there were a completely toxic userbase /s
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·17 days agoAt BEST, it would explain things too late since corrections never spread anywhere near as far and fast as viral misinformation does.
minus-squarecosmicrookie@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·17 days agoSome people suggest that its faster to get the correct answer to a question, by posting a wrong answer online, that trying to google it.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·17 days agoSounds plausible, especially with how enshittificated Google has become…
Adding a feature to fight misinformation: feature is used to spread misinformation
No, that would only be true if there were a completely toxic userbase /s
At BEST, it would explain things too late since corrections never spread anywhere near as far and fast as viral misinformation does.
Some people suggest that its faster to get the correct answer to a question, by posting a wrong answer online, that trying to google it.
Sounds plausible, especially with how enshittificated Google has become…