Re:Fact Check now available in Google Search and News
by jnordwick on Friday April 07, 2017 @06:12PM
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Yes, because we can generalize off of your specific example. It clearly is representative of all sharing.
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Re:Fact Check now available in Google Search and News
by learc83 on Friday April 07, 2017 @08:55PM
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Since you're responding to a thread about my specific example...
I'm also willing to donate $100 to a charity of your choice if you can find evidence that a significant portion, (let's say more than 25%) of fake news being shared on Facebook is just people doing it to say "look how fake this is."
Re:Fact Check now available in Google Search and News
by jnordwick on Friday April 07, 2017 @09:06PM
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What you are asking is impossible to my knowledge. I don't know of any tracking for why people share or the political affiliation of those that shared it.
This also means you argument is purely conjecture too.
Re:Fact Check now available in Google Search and News
by learc83 on Sunday April 09, 2017 @02:08PM
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Of course my argument is conjecture. I based it solely on my sample size of a few hundred Facebook friends--clearly stated.
Absent other evidence to the contrary, that is enough to convince me that people sharing fake news mostly believe it.
If you have some other evidence to present--please go ahead. Do the majority of your over 45, conservative Facebook friends and family regularly share fake news just to point out that it's fake?