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Re:Kanye West is buying Parler by triceratops on Monday October 17, 2022 @01:01PM (#33236462)
> I refer to things like attaching counter opinions to opinions of people with high visibility for example

That's what fact-checking is. It's widely heckled.

Re:Kanye West is buying Parler by themitigating on Monday October 17, 2022 @01:41PM (#33237101)
Is saying something is widely heckled similar to when someone says "we all know.." before making a controversial statement?
Re:Kanye West is buying Parler by triceratops on Monday October 17, 2022 @02:08PM (#33237489)
I wasn't aware "many prominent people don't like fact-checking" was a statement that needed a citation. In any case, you're free to disagree with that. I don't really care enough to try to prove it to you.
Re:Kanye West is buying Parler by themitigating on Monday October 17, 2022 @05:02PM (#33239480)
According to a Pew Research poll "do fact checkers favor tend to favor one political side"

It's split down the middle

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/06/27/republicans...

As to prominent people- What do you consider prominent, would most people agree with that, and do you have a poll of these people.

Saying most prominent people blah blah blah is debatable on two levels

Re:Kanye West is buying Parler by triceratops on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @12:31AM (#33243005)
Your own link says that nearly half of all Americans and 70% of Republicans think fact-checking is biased. That's the attitude I was referencing when I said that fact-checking is "widely heckled". If half of an audience boos you, that's a lot of booing.

I have no idea what you're arguing. Your own link says what I said.

Re:Kanye West is buying Parler by mrtksn on Monday October 17, 2022 @01:10PM (#33236604)
The problem with fact checking is the presumption of authority over the truth. I don't suggest fact checking, I suggest equal exposure to contesting ideas.

I guess NASA tweets might receive pairs who claim that the Earth is not a globe :) That's OK, NASA can respond to these with equal visibility and if people are not convinced I guess NASA would need more convincing arguments.

Re:Kanye West is buying Parler by triceratops on Monday October 17, 2022 @01:15PM (#33236688)
All your "free thinkers" that are browsing these posts for 5 minutes while they take a dump won't be taken in by the mere stamp of authoritativeness on the fact-check posts, right? I mean, obviously all users are able to make good judgments and competently weigh all the facts on every topic. Why are you so worried? What makes a fact check post more authoritative than NASA?

Btw I'm not advocating for active suppression of ideas. I just understand if a particular company chooses to do it on their website. I'd do the same in their place. It's not their job to give everyone a voice.