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Re:Facebook says Pages that regularly share false news won’t... by aaron-lebo on Monday August 28, 2017 @11:56AM (#15117456)
The lying isn't new, none of the dynamics are new, it's just the sheer velocity it all happens at. You lie about something 100 years ago and the press talks about that lie for weeks or months because information moves so slowly. You lie today and there's another tweet to cover in an hour and people forget about it (like you said).

The funny thing is Zuckerberg has repeatedly used the line that "Facebook isn't a media company" which is either delusional and naive or Littlefinger doublespeak.

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Re:Facebook says Pages that regularly share false news won’t... by kumarvvr on Monday August 28, 2017 @12:28PM (#15117790)
Well, the echo chambers, or at least the effectiveness of them is absolutely new.

In the past you shared and discussed news at gatherings of all kinds, and unless its a cult (which are easy to identify, and if required, outlaw) you had a fair chance of atleast coming across differing opinion. You had a face, a body and a mind attached to a differing opinion, a great humanizing factor. That is missing in FB echo chambers.

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