{"id":2035,"date":"2016-12-06T03:41:10","date_gmt":"2016-12-06T03:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/facebook-begins-asking-users-to-rate-articles-use-of-misleading-language.html"},"modified":"2016-12-06T03:41:10","modified_gmt":"2016-12-06T03:41:10","slug":"facebook-begins-asking-users-to-rate-articles-use-of-misleading-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/facebook-begins-asking-users-to-rate-articles-use-of-misleading-language.html","title":{"rendered":"Facebook begins asking users to rate articles\u2019 use of \u2018misleading language\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A survey asking users about \u201cmisleading language\u201d in posts is the latest indication that Facebook is facing up to what many see as its responsibility to get a handle on the fake news situation. At least part of its solution, it seems, is to ask users what they<\/em> think is fake.<\/p>\n

The \u201cFacebook Survey,\u201d noticed by Chris Krewson<\/a> of Philadelphia\u2019s Billy Penn<\/a>, accompanied (for him) a Philadelphia Inquirer article about the firing of a well-known nut vendor for publicly espousing white nationalist views. (It\u2019s a small town, everyone knows everyone.)<\/p>\n

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Facebook is asking whether this @PhillyInquirer<\/a> headline is fake? pic.twitter.com\/cCUpwtvQlS<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Chris Krewson (@ckrewson) December 5, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cTo what extent do you think that this link\u2019s title uses misleading language?\u201d asks the \u201csurvey,\u201d which appears directly below the article. Response choices range from \u201cNot at all\u201d to \u201cCompletely,\u201d though users can also choose to dismiss it or just scroll past.<\/p>\n

Facebook confirmed to TechCrunch that this is an official effort, though it did not answer several probing questions about how it works, how the data is used and retained, and so on. The company uses surveys somewhat like this to test the general quality of the news feed<\/a>, and it has used other metrics to attempt to define rules for finding clickbait<\/a> and fake stories. This appears to be the first direct coupling of those two practices: old parts doing a new job.<\/p>\n

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The feature could be seen as Facebook being transparent in how it is training its algorithms to detect misleading headlines, but is also an example of using its user base as, essentially, a rich well of free data into which it can dip its bucket any time it wants and on its own terms. And what it does with the contents of that bucket is anyone\u2019s guess.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, because users are the ones propagating the fake news to begin with, it\u2019s a curious decision to entrust them with its classification. The inmates are being invited to run the asylum, it seems, or at least there\u2019s going to be a bit of A\/B testing.<\/p>\n

Facebook\u2019s handling of the proliferation of fake, misleading and clickbait posts has been the subject of widespread criticism. CEO Mark Zuckerberg has posted personally on the topic, but the defensive and dismissive posture<\/a> he adopted early on seemed only to obfuscate the issue and incense critics. Another post a week later was more constructive<\/a>, but the fact is hardly anyone knows exactly what needs to be done \u2014 although even the president seems to agree<\/a> that something<\/em> has to change.<\/p>\n

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