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Re:Dissent at Facebook over hands-off stance on political ads by int_19h on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @05:08PM (#21392045)
So long as it deters misleading ads, does the mechanism really matter? It doesn't have to be strict consensus.
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Re:Dissent at Facebook over hands-off stance on political ads by justin66 on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @10:37AM (#21398191)
I am not at all sure it would deter misleading ads, since the truth or falsehood of a given claim or set of claims does not necessarily matter much to a chunk of the population. I am pretty sure the mechanism the OP described might reward especially outrageous ads designed to break out of the cage and go viral, in the manner I described.

I'm not saying it's not worth a try.

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