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MarcellusDrum@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml · 4 years ago

Misinformation on Reddit has become unmanageable, Alberta moderators say

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Misinformation on Reddit has become unmanageable, Alberta moderators say

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MarcellusDrum@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml · 4 years ago
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Misinformation on Reddit has become unmanageable, Alberta moderators say | CBC News
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Misinformation flooding some of Alberta’s biggest online communities has become a major problem during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to three volunteer moderators of Edmonton communities on Reddit, a social media and news aggregator website.
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    be sure to use masstagger to make sure there really isn’t any misinformation, right-wingers can be surprisingly sneaky

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      You really cant determine if something is misinformation simply by looking who posted it. Right-wingers also get things right sometimes, just like left-wingers arent always correct.

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      lol I’m tagged as a /r/conspiracy user. Shouldn’t have argued against some nutjobs over there, I feel dirty now.

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        Come on over to /c/conspiracy. https://lemmy.ml/post/78979

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      Masstagger really needs an update. IIRC, they did not update the list of right-wing subreddits.

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        yeah, a update that accounts for off-shore websites would also be welcome

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          That would be almost impossible to do I think but yeah a lot of new right wing subreddits or their allies aren’t tagged, the list hasn’t been updated for a long time.

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