Facebook will now ask users to rank news organizations they trust

[DonViejo]

Source: The Washington Post

By Elizabeth Dwoskin January 19 at 4:02 PM

Facebook announced major changes Friday to the Newsfeed used by 2 billion people every month and will now ask users to rank the news organizations they trust.

The trust rankings will emerge from surveys the company is conducting with its users and is an effort to combat fake news and misinformation that spread across the social network before and after the 2016 election. The changes will also promote local news sources

Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said the company itself is not “comfortable” deciding what news sources are the most trustworthy in a “world with so much division.”

The announcement is the second major change the company announced to its Newsfeed this year, an effort that is expected to reduce how much news appears in user feeds overall.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/01/19/facebook-will-now-ask-its-users-to-rank-news-organizations-they-trust

[topnotch62907]

1. Ugh not good

This is gonna turn into a giant mess with all the trolls taking part in it.

[MosheFeingold]

2. So Foxnews

Will get all its minions to support Foxnews.

And Russian bots will be busy.

I doubt this will work out.

[lagomorph777]

12. What could possibly go wrong?

[Igel]

17. Don Ho's "Tiny Bubbles" comes to mind.

Sad.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. OFFS

Are they that stupid?

ANSWER: Yes.

[inwiththenew]

4. What could possibly go wrong?

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

5. Uh-oh! I can hear the Russian bots warming up from here.

How many #ITrustFoxNews tags can a bot generate each second?

[yuiyoshida]

6. Guessing Fox News will be number one..

I fucking hate them. Why can't some meteor fall out of the sky and strike the Fox News Building, and people will say, THIS WAS GOD'S WILL.

[dalton99a]

7. Final results: (1) FOX News, (2) Russia Today

[Le Gaucher]

8. bot activity will see an uptick

[Auggie]

9. Facebook passes the buck. Bad move.

[MosheFeingold]

14. They should have just not bothered

There is no good way to do this.

[Matthew28]

10. Insanity

[bucolic_frolic]

11. Polarized news is part of the problem

Facebook would do as much good promoting the unpopular ones as voting for the most liked

[KPN]

13. STUPID ... or sly depending on one's

agenda/motives/politics.

[BigmanPigman]

15. Fuckerberg is part of the problem!

He is a greedy bastard and a liar...might as well work directly for the GOP!

[They_Live]

16. Fuckface Book

I do not participate in their network.

[BlueIdaho]

18. The best solution is for Facebook

To get the fuck out of the news business. They have no clue what they are playing at.

[Oneironaut]

19. So, another tribalist contest in pursuit of winning.

Greeeeat!