[HN Gopher] Facebook Shuts Down Researchers Looking into Misinfo...
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       Facebook Shuts Down Researchers Looking into Misinformation
        
       Author : wglb
       Score  : 45 points
       Date   : 2021-08-10 20:40 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | 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.
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       | "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
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       | 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.
        
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