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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 3 Dec 2016

    Aral Balkan Retweeted Rand Fishkin

    Facebook “full of bull when it comes to their supposed inability to address fake news”, blocks plugin that can.https://twitter.com/randfish/status/804825312601075712 …

    Aral Balkan added,

    Rand FishkinVerified account @randfish
    Facebook, embarrassed that a plugin can ID fake news, blocks that plugin (but not the fake news) https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/02/facebook-bsdetector-plugin-blocked/ …
    1:45 AM - 3 Dec 2016
    • 59 Retweets
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    • Be The Change The Trump Resistance Rebel Moms: The Book TrumanCapote's Ashes William Fergus JovianQueen Julesrs007Ⓥ 🐾🐻🐴🐧🐝🐘 🐳🐮🐷 Millennial News Now Honey Bunny
    10 replies 59 retweets 39 likes
      1. WWCD  🏳️‍🌈 ⚜️ 🇺🇸‏ @SpinnakerPix 17 Dec 2016
        Replying to @aral

        @BenSRachinger @randfish @TechCrunch That college degree would have come in handy...

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      1. (((kp)))‏ @kushka53 17 Dec 2016
        Replying to @aral @BenSRachinger

        (((kp))) Retweeted

        https://twitter.com/7im/status/805654368754073600 …

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      1. JovianQueen‏ @NatalyaRedding 7 Dec 2016
        Replying to @aral @BenSRachinger

        I check my news sources before I tweet http://fakenewswatch.com/ 

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      1. WenMay‏ @Wenmay316 4 Dec 2016
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        @BenSRachinger @randfish @TechCrunch FB had political agenda against #Trump, fake news worked to their agenda.

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      1. EvgenyGrizli‏ @RusianMedved 4 Dec 2016
        Replying to @aral

        Это "Facebook" - полное дерьмо! Фуууу ... беееееее beeeeeee Помойка! Болото!!

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      1. Hrant H Papazian‏ @hhpapazian 4 Dec 2016
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        Hrant H Papazian Retweeted Hrant H Papazian

        More distractions.https://twitter.com/hhpapazian/status/800385113473200128 …

        Hrant H Papazian added,

        Hrant H Papazian @hhpapazian
        On the verge of tackling social media's socially fatal echo chamber effect, we're duly distracted with: "It's all fake news's fault!"
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      2. Wendy Cockcroft‏ @wendycockcroft 3 Dec 2016
        Replying to @aral

        I'm having this discussion with @schestowitz. How do you block fake news without alienating partisan users?

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      3. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)‏ @schestowitz 3 Dec 2016
        Replying to @wendycockcroft @aral

        or lovers of satire like The Onion (which some Chinese portals famously fell for)

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      4. Wendy Cockcroft‏ @wendycockcroft 3 Dec 2016
        Replying to @schestowitz @aral

        Wendy Cockcroft Retweeted ClickHole

        Or the Daily Currant. Or this: https://twitter.com/ClickHole/status/804026393684307968 … Too delicious to be true!

        Wendy Cockcroft added,

        ClickHoleVerified account @ClickHole
        One Last Humiliation: The CIA Just Bungled An Attempt To Drop A Piano On Fidel Castro’s Funeral Procession http://clckhl.co/jt4ddr6  pic.twitter.com/0Ns7vlDpXY
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      1. Siem Vaessen‏ @siemvaessen 3 Dec 2016
        Replying to @aral

        @randfish @TechCrunch Yeah, no need for a gazillion dollar "A.I." tech team.

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      1. Martin van Vuuren‏ @Nokterian 3 Dec 2016
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        Zuckerberg is the worst.

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      1. Mr Blue Sky (#Linkybrain)‏ @mhsutton 3 Dec 2016
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        seems like an opportunity for acquisition.

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