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Facebook Will Let You Flag Content As 'False'
jfruh writes: If you're tired of seeing fake or misleading news articles posted by your friends to Facebook and then spreading like wildfire, you might be in luck. In a system that's something like Slashdot comment moderation on a grand scale, you'll now be able to flag a story as false. Links that have been flagged this way by many users will appear less frequently in people's newsfeeds, or with a disclaimer attached.
"Isn't my new baby the cutest thing ever?" - FALSE
Fox News has a Facebook page, right? Just thinkin'....
Everything and its opposite is true. Get used to it.
I'm so sorry that you've been mislead. That really is a picture of Hitler passing Obama a fake birth certificate.
My wife's grandmother sends those things out in mass email forwards. And in all caps.
A few months back her computer running Vista was so horribly bogged down with viruses and malware that I formatted it and installed Mint. When she asked what she could do to thank me I said "never, ever, ever, ever, forward me an email." Haven't gotten one since, so well worth the effort I'd say.
We don't have a state-run media we have a media-run state.
A lot of "facts" really are opinions anyway.
That's your opinion. Mine is different. /toungeincheek
Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.
Any articles about religion. Will be marked false from the atheists.
Any articles against religion. Will be marked false from all the religious.
The Right will mark false everything that is left leaning.
The Left will mark false everything that is right leaning.
This gives a new meaning to "false flag" operations! :-D
Taking guns away from the 99% gives the 1% 100% of the power.
Excellent! Next up: ranking everyone on Facebook from best to worst!
Obligatory XKCD panel #3: http://xkcd.com/451/