Bingo. And the solution is very similar as the solution to spam.https://twitter.com/bascule/status/803014038070276096 …
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Definition according to who? Can you come up with a universal one?
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no, but I also can't come up with a universal definition of "spam" or "scam" and we fight the obvious cases pretty hard
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"you need to design a perfect definition for edge cases before solving obvious cases" is a programmer pathology :P
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Fair point. I bet we could do well enough on really obvious cases where it would be beneficial.
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debates over "breitbart is fake news" are unnecessary to eliminate outlets that would describe themselves that way :P
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Ship it, as long as it doesn't take away from people enjoying The Onion :)
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I assume spam email systems don't block emails about spam ;)
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WDYM? My point is that satirical news is gonna be hard to separate from fake news. What's this one?http://therightists.com/about-us/
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