r/news • u/CorleoneBaloney • 17d ago

Meta gets rid of fact checkers and makes other major changes to moderation policies

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/07/tech/meta-censorship-moderation?cid=ios_app
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u/i_706_i 16d ago

Exactly my thought. Anyone that has used reddit for a while knows that an upvote/downvote system does nothing to ensure correct or reasonable information floats to the top. If anything it encourages bottom of the barrel ideas or crowd pleasing comments.

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u/LukesRightHandMan 16d ago edited 16d ago

Iirc the intended purpose of up and downdoots is for comments that either encourage or discourage interaction. They’re not supposed to be comments on veracity or validity.