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The company said this week that it would let the administrators in its groups appoint users as "experts."
That means the people who run the online communities - which are comprised of everything from housing opportunities to dogs to extremists - will choose people within those groups to become an authoritative voice that others can rely on, an initiative partly designed to stamp out misinformation.
So, for example, an admin of a group devoted to conspiracy theories or white supremacy could designate someone within that space to be an expert, whose posts will be amplified and upon whom others would trust.
it could have negative consequences if the platform is empowering certain users of online pockets that are devoted to misinformation-breeding topics.
Facebook put a larger focus on groups after the 2016 presidential election when the company really started fielding backlash over how misinformation spreads on its platform.
So CEO Mark Zuckerberg attempted to shift attention from Facebook's News Feed and to its groups to "help connect one billion people with meaningful communities."
But issues have arisen from the feature, and Facebook has removed some groups that it said risked incitement of violence.
Facebook said in its announcement that there are more than 70 million admins and moderators operating active groups around the globe.
Moderating that much content is no easy feat, but Facebook's experts tool shows that it still hasn't found an accountable solution to how false facts can spread like weeds on its site.
If you have had Covid and got over it, you likely have the antibodies. If you have the antibodies, you don't need the vaccine. Or is this virus totally different than all the viruses before? Why are we being pushed to hard to get the shot, and not tested for antibodies first?
originally posted by: BrokenCircles
a reply to: musicismagic
I'm sure that's true, but I bet if you asked some 25 year olds, they'll tell you that they are definitely experts.lol