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Re:Facebook’s Walled Wonderland Is Inherently Incompatible w... by Angostura on Monday December 05, 2016 @05:56AM (#13104660)
> My online shopping recommends groceries for me based on my past purchases. If I was to contract scurvy because it keeps recommending donuts instead of orange juice who is ultimately responsible?

If your online shopping kept erroneously labelling the donuts as 'low fat and sugar and high in vitamin C' who would be responsible?

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Re:Facebook’s Walled Wonderland Is Inherently Incompatible w... by pjc50 on Monday December 05, 2016 @07:23AM (#13104935)
Nutritional information is one of those areas dominated by "fake news", or at least overhyped dietary advice in the popular press. See e.g. http://kill-or-cure.herokuapp.com/

I wouldn't blame people for giving up trying to make sense of what foods are currently considered beneficial or harmful.

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Re:Facebook’s Walled Wonderland Is Inherently Incompatible w... by enraged_camel on Monday December 05, 2016 @08:40AM (#13105222)
Um, we are talking about the nutrition facts label printed by the manufacturer, not the various stories the media hypes up about the nutrients themselves.

Even when the manufacturer posts the claim on the packaging, they have to use specific language indicating the claims haven't been verified by the FDA.

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Re:Facebook’s Walled Wonderland Is Inherently Incompatible w... by welanes on Monday December 05, 2016 @07:08AM (#13104877)
Yes, in that case I have been deceived. The equivalent of this concept of 'fake news'.

That raises more questions still:

- were those donuts in the health aisle or the bakery?

- was I able to easily test the vitamin C content by comparing with other products?

- why was I trusting this unknown brand of malformed donuts with cheap packaging and flavors like 'purple' for my source of nutrients?

Or is the truth that I just wanted to eat donuts and so sought out the brand that made me feel good about doing so?

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