Post #2182390

2022-11-22 17:41 UTC

@stanstallman@sfba.social @mergerson@mastodon.social I just don't know what to do - this misinformation is circulating faster than anyone can correct it. At least on #Birdsite, if someone posts a correction, it tends to get lots of likes and rises to the top. But here it's just "whoever posts first goes at the top, everyone else gets buried at the bottom where nobody sees it" :(

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@nlowell@zirk.us 2022-11-22 18:16

@nafnlaus@fosstodon.org @stanstallman@sfba.social @mergerson@mastodon.social If we don't boost corrections, nobody will. It's not just the victim that needs to see it.

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@akaBeth10@mas.to 2022-11-22 18:28

@nafnlaus@fosstodon.org @stanstallman@sfba.social @mergerson@mastodon.social But that's exactly how the bird app works as well. I've never seen a correction rise to the top. I saw one yesterday continue to go viral while Mastodon's apology and correction was buried.

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@matunos@mastodon.social 2022-11-22 19:49

@nafnlaus@fosstodon.org @stanstallman@sfba.social @mergerson@mastodon.social Eugen spoke of two mistakes made by the moderation team: the false-positive impersonation you mention and another case where someone was accused (incorrectly) of using a dog whistle. I haven't seen the details the second case. It's also not certain that @mergerson@mastodon.social is only referring to these two cases, so I'd advise seeking clarification before calling it misinformation.

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@sergi@floss.social 2022-11-23 22:29

@nafnlaus@fosstodon.org @stanstallman@sfba.social @mergerson@mastodon.social from my understanding, boosting the correction (an not the top message) is the way to handle these cases. And if you already boosted the top message, and later see the correction, boost the correction anyways.

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@stanstallman@sfba.social 2022-11-22 17:42

@nafnlaus@fosstodon.org @mergerson@mastodon.social Good point Buyer beware

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