Fwd: The Grim Conclusions of the Largest-Ever Study of Fake News
June Samaras <[email protected]>
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[TAN] The Grim Conclusions of the Largest-Ever Study of Fake News Falsehoods almost always beat out the truth on Twitter, penetrating further, faster, and deeper into the social network than accurate information. The Atlantic - Robinson Meyer https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgetpocket.com%2Fexplore%2Fitem%2Fthe-grim-conclusions-of-the-largest-ever-study-of-fake-news&data=02%7C01%7CCLASSICS-L%40lsv.uky.edu%7C4264dde5ef9c4dec4b2a08d70ece58e1%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C636994151825720193&sdata=shFPxcfTwI5dZN3LUq9hag57AyTLJvhIwMKFyh0Cpeg%3D&reserved=0 And here is the most disturbing conclusion: <<< Yet these do not encompass the most depressing finding of the study. When they began their research, the MIT team expected that users who shared the most fake news would basically be crowd-pleasers. They assumed they would find a group of people who obsessively use Twitter in a partisan or sensationalist way, accumulating more fans and followers than their more fact-based peers. In fact, the team found that the opposite is true. Users who share accurate information have more followers, and send more tweets, than fake-news sharers. These fact-guided users have also been on Twitter for longer, and they are more likely to be verified. In short, the most trustworthy users can boast every obvious structural advantage that Twitter, either as a company or a community, can bestow on its best users. The truth has a running start, in other words—but inaccuracies, somehow, still win the race. “Falsehood diffused further and faster than the truth despite these differences [between accounts], not because of them,” write the authors. This finding should dispirit every user who turns to social media to find or distribute accurate information. It suggests that no matter how adroitly people plan to use Twitter—no matter how meticulously they curate their feed or follow reliable sources—they can still get snookered by a falsehood in the heat of the moment. >>> June Samaras KALAMOS BOOKS (For Books about Greece) 2020 Old Station Rd Streetsville,Ontario Canada L5M 2V1 Tel : 905-542-1877 E-mail : [email protected] https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=www.kalamosbooks.com&data=02%7C01%7CCLASSICS-L%40lsv.uky.edu%7C4264dde5ef9c4dec4b2a08d70ece58e1%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C636994151825720193&sdata=Xj1zd1pLAl3zNZ6eEXlA1mNQNV3gsAjrMjSr0hOpmLw%3D&reserved=0 https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkalamosb.alibrisstore.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7CCLASSICS-L%40lsv.uky.edu%7C4264dde5ef9c4dec4b2a08d70ece58e1%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C636994151825720193&sdata=6DKS34L77fTyIb0TqJCJWMxeQUaN72YCa%2BcQedbBiZk%3D&reserved=0 https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.antiqbook.com%2Fbooks%2Fbookseller.phtml%2Fkal&data=02%7C01%7CCLASSICS-L%40lsv.uky.edu%7C4264dde5ef9c4dec4b2a08d70ece58e1%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C636994151825730194&sdata=tMv%2FZVw%2B2AteQ%2FCZANVfJrCMwOz%2Fhn6o82xEILwlvDU%3D&reserved=0 <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.avg.com%2Femail-signature%3Futm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dlink%26utm_campaign%3Dsig-email%26utm_content%3Dwebmail%26utm_term%3Doa-4885-b&data=02%7C01%7CCLASSICS-L%40lsv.uky.edu%7C4264dde5ef9c4dec4b2a08d70ece58e1%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C636994151825730194&sdata=tyMkFtFLrCVcag5rrT1VTxsfZ8dWQdn5JFul7cN2udI%3D&reserved=0> Virus-free. https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=www.avg.com&data=02%7C01%7CCLASSICS-L%40lsv.uky.edu%7C4264dde5ef9c4dec4b2a08d70ece58e1%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C636994151825730194&sdata=MeS%2BGtDYZcLs9dY34U%2F5H5YhgIcDFHgurgRISES09VY%3D&reserved=0 <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.avg.com%2Femail-signature%3Futm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dlink%26utm_campaign%3Dsig-email%26utm_content%3Dwebmail%26utm_term%3Doa-4885-b&data=02%7C01%7CCLASSICS-L%40lsv.uky.edu%7C4264dde5ef9c4dec4b2a08d70ece58e1%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C636994151825730194&sdata=tyMkFtFLrCVcag5rrT1VTxsfZ8dWQdn5JFul7cN2udI%3D&reserved=0>