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Social Media Questions Answers and Comments 2020

kcmets Mar 29 2020 07:55 AM

A fb friend of mine posted a story the other about Pelosi's office spending more money on alcohol than food last year. I didn't click on it because I hate these fringe 'news' sites and doubly hate all the residue they leave on the computer. Anyway, this morning I noticed an addition to the post that is unsigned but has a blue box heading 'Related Stories - Fact Check' reporting that her office didn't spend more money on alcohol bbbyyy... Has anyone else noticed that things that are posted are now being monitored and corrected by facebook somehow? I find it hard to believe an actual human takes the time to do this but maybe they have some kind of programming in place. If a story reaches a certain posting threshold and contains false or slandering info it's automatically updated with a 'fact check?'

whippoorwill Mar 29 2020 09:15 AM Re: Social Media Questions Answers and Comments 2020

I wish it would fact check some of my sister in laws posts. Either they're not true or five years old and no longer relevant I try to gently steer her towards Snopes

Ceetar Mar 29 2020 09:32 AM Re: Social Media Questions Answers and Comments 2020

I haven't delved into the specifics of it. But supposedly they're submitting stories (based on some algorithm i'm sure) to an 'independent' fact checker. I've only seen one or two, mostly because I've blocked, muted and reported every click bait "Pelosi is a troll" type site that's shared by anyone on Facebook so I don't see the fake news as mucch.

kcmets Mar 29 2020 01:26 PM Re: Social Media Questions Answers and Comments 2020

Interesting, it's just the first one I've noticed that seems 'mechanically' corrected. I don't do politics on fb. I have too wide a range of opinionated friends (not that I have a TON of fb friends) and I'm pretty mid-range so I ain't getting into any of all that nonsense from the extreme sides. I'm not on fb a lot, I deleted it from my mobile devices for sanity sake and not bothered enough to start blocking, muting or reporting anything. But thanks for answering.

Ceetar Mar 29 2020 03:30 PM Re: Social Media Questions Answers and Comments 2020

It's fairly new, is all I'm saying. They've been messing around with news for a bit now but I think that part of it's new.

Fman99 Mar 29 2020 05:14 PM Re: Social Media Questions Answers and Comments 2020

Facebook is the worst. I don't miss it.

kcmets Mar 29 2020 05:33 PM Re: Social Media Questions Answers and Comments 2020

It's useful to me for a few things, my visits are 1/5 of what they used to be.

Frayed Knot Mar 29 2020 07:17 PM Re: Social Media Questions Answers and Comments 2020

I'm not an FB user, but weren't they complicit in allowing just about anything to invade their advertising space: like wacko shit from Russian agents, from crackpots, and from crackpot Russian agents? What this sounds like then is a reaction to all that, like if we get caught again just collecting cash while steering unvetted garbage into people's lives the gov't might really come down on us next time. So now FB is, in effect, trying to show that they're willing to tamp down anything that even smells controversial ... at least until the heat dies down that is.

Ceetar Mar 29 2020 07:21 PM Re: Social Media Questions Answers and Comments 2020

Frayed Knot wrote: So now FB is, in effect, trying to show that they're willing to tamp down anything that even smells controversial ... at least until the heat dies down that is. they're not though, they just want to give that illusion. I mean, i stay in touch with a lot of family that I wouldn't otherwise. Twitter and you guys don't gush over cute photos of my kids.