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Re:Facebook to Let Users Rank Credibility of News by tbirrell on Monday January 22, 2018 @11:12AM (#16205462)
It's more like, letting users "legitimize" news is how you get bots screwing with everything. It may not be a problem for some, including myself since my feed is similar to how you describe yours, but network waide, it will pose an issue.
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Re:Facebook to Let Users Rank Credibility of News by paulsutter on Monday January 22, 2018 @02:57PM (#16207360)
So, your feed seems fine, my feed seems fine, but somehow the electorate at large is subject to mass mind manipulations by bots?
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Re:Facebook to Let Users Rank Credibility of News by tbirrell on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @01:55PM (#16216258)
As a technologically literate individual who takes pains to protect myself online, yes, my feed is inherently more "fine" then the general population.
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