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  1. …in reply to @CraigSilverman
    CraigSilverman Sort of my point, plenty are using your work to make that connection b/c larger context is missing qz.com/865964/facebook-fb-could-face-e500000-fines-for-each-fake-news-post-in-germany/
    1. …in reply to @Chronotope
      CraigSilverman Not just your work, of course. Still people don't understand that there are dozens if not hundreds of networks like this...
      1. …in reply to @Chronotope
        CraigSilverman ... and they've been around for a long time. IMO Facebook doesn't make them much more powerful, just more visible.
        1. …in reply to @Chronotope
          CraigSilverman And I don't mean to users of Facebook. I mean to the people reporting on the phenomenon.
          1. …in reply to @Chronotope
            CraigSilverman If reporting continues, it is important to note not just who, what, where and when, but why this matters. Why this happens.
            1. …in reply to @Chronotope
              CraigSilverman People are frightened & looking for things to blame & without a different answer they assume Why=political manipulation.
              1. …in reply to @Chronotope
                CraigSilverman If this came out 2 years ago, outside of the context of a highly contested election, I'd have few complains. But...
                1. …in reply to @Chronotope
                  CraigSilverman ... that *is* the context right now, unless you take pains to outline why it isn't.
                  1. …in reply to @Chronotope
                    CraigSilverman Is the Pope endorses Trump post for political reasons or b/c they are optimizing to try and profit? 2nd. Needs to be clear


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