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                          1. Imagine NYT complaining newsstands stock National Enquirer and don't do a good job explaining it is BS. Then read: vox.com/new-money/2016/11/6/13509854/facebook-politics-news-bad
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                          Yes, algorithms are biased by humans who write them, but *really*? BS. Don't worry about having to do better, just ask FB to do it for you?
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                        Clearly, I have to re-up this, because we still don't understand FB isn't editorial and we *don't want it to be*: Chronotope/793975605759004676
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                      I mean... are you going to blame Facebook for this? gallup.com/poll/195542/americans-trust-mass-media-sinks-new-low.aspx This problem is journalism's problem, not Facebook's.
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                    We lost the trust and so created room for #contentfraud.
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                  If bored teens are more effective than pros, perhaps it's time to rethink your distribution strategy, not blame FB. buzzfeed.com/craigsilverman/how-macedonia-became-a-global-hub-for-pro-trump-misinfo?utm_term=.btKDPR7gl#.endkPBEMa
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                Exactly! MattSaccaro/795983735611068416 The filter bubble isn't created by Facebook, people have been choosing to bubble themselves forever.
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              There's something here about weird startup-age belief that it is better to write code to accomplish something than to build better content
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            Like? Why would any journalist want, much less suggest, that Facebook rewrite their heds, or designate how trustworthy a pub is?
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          Silicon Valley isn't the font of miracles, & we shouldn't rely or even ask it to perform something that's a vital *function of the press*!
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        This is very same way we got into ad-tech problems. 'Oh, let someone else figure out a vital part of our biz'. Whelp, now you have Taboola.
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      Like... Facebook rewriting any headline it chooses is an Orwellian nightmare that leaves me in a cold sweat and this guy is asking for it?
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    Ahhhhhh if you're a journalist do not abdicate responsibility to do your job better in the changing media space to a distribution platform.
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      FFS.
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        You know what? Here's your hot take:
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          Media organizations hold a lion's share of fault for the decline of the democratic process because they shut down moderated comment sections
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            By pushing readers to discussions outside of moderated spaces in social media, publications failed to provide spaces to challenge people...
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              There was no longer a way to directly challenge the filter bubble, to deal with rumors, no spaces in which readers could trust in moderation
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                Without comment sections to help readers understand malicious entities challenging publications' reliability, we left them unprepared
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                  Humans are inclined to trust each other, the trolls and malcontents have social but moderated comment sections provided a shelter...
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                    With moderation, humans could trust each other in an online conversation. Our withdrawal of those spaces shoved readers into the cold.
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                      You want to blame someone for the decline of democracy and an inability to break filter bubbles, try your own 'don't read the comments' BS.
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                        Spaces with moderated comments are essential in the digital age to the functions of democracy and media shut them down all on their own.
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                          Hire moderators and build communities. Don't whine at Facebook to do your own work for you.
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                            You want to look at how white supremacy grew and gained members? We, the media, told readers to trust social over our own moderated spaces.
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                              You want to wonder about how lies go unchallenged and bad memes propagate? It's because we abandoned the spaces we could moderate.
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                                Open your comment section and hire some moderators. If we have to ask Facebook to fix democracy we're already doomed.


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