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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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[–] 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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