The spread of low-credibility content by social bots

Re:The spread of low-credibility content by social bots by scottlocklin on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @08:54PM (#18499615)

I've made this point before; there are 5 PR people for every reporter in the US.

https://muckrack.com/blog/2016/04/14/america-now-has-nearly-...

That and the fact that various parts of the 'expert class' has largely discredited itself; from the replication crisis to the death of physics as a field .... we don't need to blame bots; the trust level is low.

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Re:The spread of low-credibility content by social bots by bilbo0s on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @09:19PM (#18499727)

>there are 5 PR people for every reporter in the US...

And the PR people are, in general, far better paid.

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Re:The spread of low-credibility content by social bots by dwaltrip on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @02:00AM (#18500701)

Physics is not dead...

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Re:The spread of low-credibility content by social bots by mercer on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @04:08PM (#18506118)

I can't vouch for its veracity (bit ironic), but I heard there's 10 lobbyists for every politician in Brussels. Or at least some depressing number.

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Re:The spread of low-credibility content by social bots by DataWorker on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @09:50AM (#18503055)

Authority doesn’t scale the way some would like. The ramifications are far reaching.

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