[HN Gopher] Facebook Shuts Down Researchers Looking into Misinfo... ___________________________________________________________________ Facebook Shuts Down Researchers Looking into Misinformation Author : wglb Score : 45 points Date : 2021-08-10 20:40 UTC (2 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.nytimes.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.nytimes.com) | Syonyk wrote: | Facebook has a problem with misinformation - it's just that their | problem isn't the same as what people assume their problem is. | | "Misinformation" tends to be spectacularly engaging content - | which is quite profitable. | | People upset about misinformation on Facebook tend to use | Facebook less, which is less profitable. | | The ideal solution for Facebook is that they can show | misinformation to people they know will outrage-scroll as a | result, while not showing misinformation to people who might be | upset about Facebook not really having done much about it. | | "Transparency" extensions and such violate this, badly. You might | find out what sort of ads Facebook shows your aunt out one side | of their site while talking about how they're combatting | misinformation on the other. | | They've solved the problem. | prox wrote: | Is there a name for this skewing? | Syonyk wrote: | Zucking it up? | | I just put it in the category of "What's Good for Facebook is | Good for Facebook." | whymauri wrote: | AP: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28112991 | | Daily Dot (first thread on HN, I think): | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28063637 | | Mozilla Statement: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28068359 | | Just felt like there's a lot of discourse and context that could | be helpful. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-08-10 23:00 UTC)