Fake news isn't ruining the web, advertising is.
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Fake news is the dangerous symptom of the "free-to-play" ad-based web. Perverse incentives of making media accessible in capitalism.
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The most accessible is the most sponsored. The most sponsored by ads are the most "viral," not the most truthful.
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Forgive me if this is obvious. I just came to this realization amidst so many conversations on how to "fix the fake news problem."
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Like what if the way to combat fake news is to encourage everyone (especially our ideological opposites) to use ad-blockers??
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Extensions that give you little "this may be false" pop ups are nice, but we have to starve viral lies of their actual root: ad revenue.
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Of course there is propaganda beyond the "Macedonian clickbait farm"-style of ad-driven viral content, but I would guess less.
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In a time of reading articles with an intent to factcheck or even "hate-reading," we can't be passively supporting these liars' ad earnings
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@aral curious of your thoughts on the efficacy of this strategy2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
Agree. Nearly all “fake news” aggregators are also third-party trackers so we block when we find them with @betterbyindie
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Agree. Try a crap site with a fresh browser—ads there only get value from your info. http://blog.aloodo.org/posts/facepalm/
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