Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun

Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by TheRealDunkirk on Friday November 04, 2022 @10:55AM (#33467769)

I see Twitter as possibly working up to the ideal of "crowd sourcing" the truth. If Musk does what he seems to be saying he will do -- and take the training wheels off the moderation, and get the government out of it -- we might be left with a system that really can sort out the truth from fiction. Or, at least, present both sides, and let people decide for themselves, without hiding one side.

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Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by nomel on Friday November 04, 2022 @05:26PM (#33474013)

> is working up to the ideal of "crowd sourcing" the truth

I think the current implementation of Twitter, with its short messages, is especially bad at nuance, which is pretty critical for working the actual truth.

But, ignoring the current state, I wonder how the truth sorting system could be implemented. It would fundamentally have to ignore emotion and tribalism, so voting is out. It would have to be evidence based, so the concept of a "trusted" sources would probably be required, which seems like a circular requirement.

> Or, at least, present both sides

Maybe the bubbles could be popped by allowing "counter tweets", which could be presented along with the original, one for each "combating" perspective. How would the counter tweets be crafted though? Surely not one person. Maybe a mix of tweets? How are those tweets selected? What happens when the two "agreed upon" perspective are actually incorrect, and a third, nuanced, point is the actual truth?

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Re:Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun by nikau on Friday November 04, 2022 @11:53PM (#33477756)

I'm sure it will be just as successful as the voat platform was.

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