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Re:Combating Misinformation by fractionalhare on Thursday March 25, 2021 @02:08PM (#26583450)
I don't agree. It is trivial to spread bullshit and nontrivial to show that it's bullshit. Your philosophy allows misinformation to spread because of how much harder it is to refute than create.
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Re:Combating Misinformation by CarelessExpert on Thursday March 25, 2021 @02:12PM (#26583498)
Absolutely. It's basically a digital gish gallop:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gish_gallop

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Re:Combating Misinformation by throwawaysea on Thursday March 25, 2021 @03:51PM (#26584597)
What you call misinformation may be truth to others. Having Facebook and a cabal of biased fact checkers control what truth is for everyone simply allows no real diversity of thought. That echo chamber will produce false information.
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