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Re:Shifting attention to accuracy can reduce misinformation ... by sudhirj on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @02:15PM (#26494908)
Not a rating scheme, the value would the thrown away and never shown to anyone. The point isn't to collect information, only to force the sharer to think.
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Re:Shifting attention to accuracy can reduce misinformation ... by 7786655 on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @03:47PM (#26495978)
And the sharer is just going to trust you to throw away that information? I don't think so.
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Re:Shifting attention to accuracy can reduce misinformation ... by mcBesse on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @04:17PM (#26496269)
Most people aren't careful about what information is collected on them in the first place. Are people going to stop sharing things on Twitter because they're afraid of giving up one more tidbit of information to big data? I don't think so.

It's besides the point anyway. Any mechanism that primes or prompts the sharer to be mindful of accuracy before sharing could help reduce sharing of misinformation, according to the results from the article.

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