Shifting attention to accuracy can reduce misinformation online

Re:Shifting attention to accuracy can reduce misinformation ... by specialist on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @03:20PM (#26495690)

Truthiness, or lack thereof, is a second order effect.

Algorithms boosting viral content and inauthentic speech are first order effects.

No, bots, trolls, socketpuppet accounts are not authentic speech. I didn't say censorship. I didn't say truthiness. I said inauthentic.

No, I didn't say ban inauthentic speech. I'm saying create infrastructure for authentic speech. Because currently we have very little. So that consumers have a choice.

Yes, keep your pseudonym account. For your all-important courageous deep undercover reporting which will definitely be recognized with a Pulitzer. To be accepted anonymously, natch.

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Re:Shifting attention to accuracy can reduce misinformation ... by loveistheanswer on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @06:56PM (#26497826)

>create infrastructure for authentic speech.

What would that look like?

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Re:Shifting attention to accuracy can reduce misinformation ... by specialist on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @07:05PM (#26497910)

Thanks for asking. It starts with verified identity. eg metafilter.com requires photo id and $5. (Parler trued to do something similar. Very interesting. Alas, I didn't scout that before they shut down.)

There are many potential IRL "root authorities". Like issuers of business licenses could serve as root for online presences.

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Re:Shifting attention to accuracy can reduce misinformation ... by Nasrudith on Thursday March 18, 2021 @10:44AM (#26503223)

That is the same logical fallacy as "we can solve deepfakes with blockchain in cameras!". Authenicating the source is not synonymous with validating the truth of the content.

David Icke goes by his real name and he pushes insand bullshit. I don't know why people think real identity is a sign of truth when liars have been making careers doing so for millenia.

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Re:Shifting attention to accuracy can reduce misinformation ... by specialist on Thursday March 18, 2021 @01:34PM (#26505267)

I apologize.

Authenticity != truthiness. They are orthogonal.

How do I rephrase my points to make this crystal clear?

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Re:Shifting attention to accuracy can reduce misinformation ... by konjin on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @07:26PM (#26498066)

If we had this in place in 1950 we'd still be lynching blacks and turning homosexuals into vegetables.

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Re:Shifting attention to accuracy can reduce misinformation ... by elastolin on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @08:12PM (#26498387)

Please elaborate.

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