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An unusual job posting (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/funny@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 299 points 2 years ago (4 children)

For those wondering, this played out well! OP found someone to take the job. His wife bit on the prank gleefully, was actually thrilled by the idea that OP had a son he didn't know about. When the prank was revealed, she thought it was hilarious. Ultimately pretty wholesome, OP married a keeper.

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  • [–] 229 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    We fired our fact-checkers, so we cannot verify whether that is true or not.

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  • [–] 38 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    i would like to post a community note saying that i personally believe it to be true

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    They couldn't before they fired them either, so not a lot has changed. Their "fact checkers" were poorly written algorithms that frequently flagged benign content as misinformation.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    Their "fact checkers" were poorly written algorithms that frequently flagged benign content as misinformation.

    I think the goal was to flag benign content as misinformation to push truthful content to the same level as flat earth content.

    So doing exactly what was intended.

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