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Posted on 01/26/2021 7:49:16 AM PST by conservative98
Social media giant Twitter has announced a new feature called “Birdwatch” which aims to encourage users to police and flag each other’s tweets if they believe they spread misinformation. The company claims it wants to “broaden the range of voices” fighting against misinformation, but the feature has the potential to devolve into flagging wars between different factions of users.
In a recent blog post, Twitter announced a new feature on its site called “Birdwatch,” which allows users to add notes with “helpful context” to tweets that they believe are misleading. To participate, users must have certain information on file with Twitter such as their phone number, ostensibly to prove the account belongs to a real person.
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In this first phase of the pilot, notes will only be visible on a separate Birdwatch site. On this site, pilot participants can also rate the helpfulness of notes added by other contributors. These notes are being intentionally kept separate from Twitter for now, while we build Birdwatch and gain confidence that it produces context people find helpful and appropriate. Additionally, notes will not have an effect on the way people see Tweets or our system recommendations.
Twitter stated that it has conducted “more than 100 qualitative interviews with individuals across the political spectrum who use Twitter,” and has received “broad general support” for the Birdwatch program.
The company stated that all data contributed to Birdwatch will be available to download and that it will update a public “Birdwatch Guide” that users can review. Twitter also stated that it’s embedding a member of the University of Chicago’s Center for RISC on the Birdwatch team.
The blog post ends stating:
We know this might be messy and have problems at times, but we believe this is a model worth trying
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Why did they put the extra letters r, d, w, and a into the name of this new feature?
The title is misleading...it’s basically a way to respond or “top comment” on a lie. I wonder how Twitter will feel when all the liberal BS is “flagged” as lies.. I’m sure they’ll rid of the “program”.
BTW, I closed my Twitter account when Trump was banned so I did not support these fascists. But those that are on Twitter, flag everything liberals post as false. Give them a taste of their own medicine.
Basically they chose who they want and let those people run lose on anything that hurts someone’s feelings and they choose to report it, awesome
If you’re on that site, EVERY tweet from a so-called journalist regarding Trump should be flagged as false information
This new “feature” is about fostering extremism. Here is a link to the advisor Twitter admits is important to this “feature” https://risc.uchicago.edu/
This is what the Iranian regime promotes
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Twitter welcomes liberals to their socialist hell hole by giving them the ability, to turn each other in just like nation Germany once did. Enjoy the sucking sou d as Twitter circles the drain
More likely Twitter is the new myspace
Could somebody go on there and snitch on Pelosi, Schiff, Harris, et. al. for inciting violence and insurrection?
There is plenty of proof, and they should be banned immediately.
I've had fun the past couple of weeks reporting Antifa-based twitter accounts, and got a couple banned.
More aptly, TurdWatch!
Orwell was a pretty damned smart guy it must be said.
Previously only Twitter employees could slap down or fact check a post, now thousands of people in their underwear in their basement will be doing it. They will seek out conservatives. Get too many of your posts birdwatched, you will be put on a list and soon eliminated. It will be a disaster
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