[kwlug-disc] Trust in Musk.. or go to NextCloud

[Eva B]

Yes, I saw that too. It may be too idealistic to execute.

On Fri., Nov. 11, 2022, 1:54 p.m. CrankyOldBugger, <
crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:

> I do think that you're on to something there, Eva, with community-based
> fact checking.  But the problems that you'd have to overcome are
> immeasurable.  Bottom line, I think, is that corrupt people will still find
> some way to game the system.  For example, if we were able to have
> everything cross-referenced again Wikipedia (I'm over-simplifying here)
> then who's to say that a bunch of right-wing nutballs won't overload
> Wikipedia with their "facts"?  That's just one thought off of the top of my
> head.
>
> But yes, some form of community based fact checking would be great.  But
> only if we can get it to work right.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 11, 2022 at 1:48 PM Eva B <eva at diyode.com> wrote:
>
>> True
>> Maybe there could be some sort of indicator of convergence around ideas
>> that currently exist. They may show tendencies of different platforms. Meta
>> data of platforms may lead to insights no possible without the analyses.
>>
>> On Fri., Nov. 11, 2022, 1:41 p.m. Chris Frey, <cdfrey at foursquare.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 11, 2022 at 01:31:24PM -0500, Eva B wrote:
>>> > Hmmmm....
>>> > I wonder if key words could trigger an encyclopedic database, something
>>> > like wikipedia, not just for reference of community driven
>>> information, but
>>> > to show leanings based on the content of the post. Maybe with AI.
>>>
>>> An encyclopdeia is still an authority, and while it would be useful
>>> from the sender's perspective ("Hi! I'm clippy, and I noticed you're
>>> sending something that is counter-documented in the latest wikipedia.
>>> Do you have sources?  Are you sure?   Yes/No") it doesn't help from
>>> the reader's perspective, who may be looking for answers to questions
>>> that currenly have no official answers.
>>>
>>> I.e. Galileo would not have been helped by old twitter fact checking.
>>>
>>> - Chris
>>>
>>>
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