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Social media can in fact be made better: Research shows it is possible to reward users for sharing accurate information instead of misinformation (theconversation.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In a metatextual sense, you and I both know how hard it is to define though. But yeah misinformation that has a potentially harmful outcome to it needs to find as much resistance as possible and be quarantined

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes we need to do something about the viral sharing of straight up actual, demonstrable lies. The liars are the only ones who benefit from the rhetoric that lies are impossible to identify.