This also reminds me of a favorite quote: “the news is simply whatever causes the most excitement amongst the largest number of people.” Can’t remember the source.
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The interesting, practical implication here is that if you see something that is being widely spread, it is more likely false than true.https://twitter.com/robkhenderson/status/1125034108751622145 …
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The paper does not compare false and true news, but debunked suspect news and not-debunked ones. Obvious true news (e.g. trump is elected president) are not considered in the analysis because nobody checked them. Conclusion should be taken with a grain of salt.
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To me this doesn’t necessarily follow if we don’t know the base rates of true and false news
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So is this post true or false?
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One of the pillars of “Influence”: the scarcity principle
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Yes! I remember seeing my Facebook feed blow up over Kony. Never seen anything like it, seemed suspicious to me. Turns out it was.
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