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So @BrandyZadrozny and I got a peek under the hood of Twitter's new crowdsourced fact-checking forum. Some quick takeaways:
1 - They're trying to recapture the magic of Wikipedia, where a community emerged and protected the integrity of the site. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/twitter-launches-birdwatch-forum-combat-misinformation-n1255552
1 - They're trying to recapture the magic of Wikipedia, where a community emerged and protected the integrity of the site. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/twitter-launches-birdwatch-forum-combat-misinformation-n1255552
Twitter says their trials were promising, but it was a much smaller portion of people than the open internet, cordoned off from passerby trolls.
A slow rollout could help build a community and norms, and cut off bad actors. Not a guarantee, but it's possible.
A slow rollout could help build a community and norms, and cut off bad actors. Not a guarantee, but it's possible.
The big thing I'm worried about with Birdwatch? Brigading.
Say one extremist forum REALLY hates one true tweet by a specific user. They all sign up en masse and drown out good info.
As this rolls out to more people, I didn't see defense against that. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/twitter-launches-birdwatch-forum-combat-misinformation-n1255552
Say one extremist forum REALLY hates one true tweet by a specific user. They all sign up en masse and drown out good info.
As this rolls out to more people, I didn't see defense against that. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/twitter-launches-birdwatch-forum-combat-misinformation-n1255552
Long term, Twitter wants to take the labeling of harmful lies out of the mouth of a faceless team at the company and give it to the community.
It could work. It's just going to take a ton of work setting up the infrastructure for a trustworthy community. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/twitter-launches-birdwatch-forum-combat-misinformation-n1255552
It could work. It's just going to take a ton of work setting up the infrastructure for a trustworthy community. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/twitter-launches-birdwatch-forum-combat-misinformation-n1255552
