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Social media can in fact be made better: Research shows it is possible to reward users for sharing accurate information instead of misinformation (theconversation.com)

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[–] Chetzemoka@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Donald Trump lost the 2020 election and the Covid vaccine is safe and effective.

Funny, it's apparently not actually difficult to identify mis- and disinformation. People who tell you otherwise have an agenda.

[–] lateraltwo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In a metatextual sense, you and I both know how hard it is to define though. But yeah misinformation that has a potentially harmful outcome to it needs to find as much resistance as possible and be quarantined

[–] Chetzemoka@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Yes we need to do something about the viral sharing of straight up actual, demonstrable lies. The liars are the only ones who benefit from the rhetoric that lies are impossible to identify.