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A comment on Facebook is rating the trustworthiness of its users on a scale from zero to one. Parent comment

Re:Facebook is rating the trustworthiness of its users on a ... by jandrese on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @01:02PM (#17811443)
Pretty soon you need to ask the question "what is truth?"

Third party fact checkers seems like the best possible thing that could be in that box. It's not perfect, but there has never been a perfect system to determine truth so waiting until there is one is counterproductive. You do the best with the tools you have available.

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Re:Facebook is rating the trustworthiness of its users on a ... by russh on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @04:01PM (#17813190)
"It depends upon what the meaning of the word 'is' is. If the—if he—if 'is' means is and never has been, that is not—that is one thing. If it means there is none, that was a completely true statement"
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