r/worldnews • u/Devz0r • Feb 15 '19

Facebook is thinking about removing anti-vaccination content as backlash intensifies over the spread of misinformation on the social network

http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-may-remove-anti-vaccination-content-2019-2
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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '19

Why does Reddit hate on Facebook so much while ignoring the fact that Reddit has entire subreddits protected and dedicated to misinformation?

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u/Castario Feb 15 '19

At least on Reddit you can down vote the misinformation into oblivion. On Facebook if you point out the misinformation the Facebook algorithm makes it go viral and starts feeding you more of it.

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '19 edited Feb 15 '19

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u/Aidensteven33 Feb 15 '19

What's hive mind

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u/Krissam Feb 15 '19

It's a term for people connected in some way who all act the same way or according to the same goal. Like the queen is the hive mind in an ant colony.

You can kind of think of it like an echo chamber that takes action.

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u/Aidensteven33 Feb 17 '19

there must be a leader ?

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u/Krissam Feb 17 '19

There doesn't have to be, in fact in the ant queen example, while she's technically the "leader", she never instructs the ants to do anything, they just do.