{"id":28647,"date":"2016-12-07T20:01:52","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T12:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=28647"},"modified":"2023-04-06T19:06:30","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T11:06:30","slug":"facebook-asking-users-voting-articles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/facebook-asking-users-voting-articles\/","title":{"rendered":"Join Facebook&#8217;s Fight Against Misleading News Language"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following the reveal of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/facebook-curated-content-collections\/\">Collections<\/a>, Facebook\u2019s next step in combating fake news is to <strong>have its user base assist in the policing of news stories<\/strong>. To do so, the social media company is looking to implement a survey-style system that would allow users to decide whether or not the news story in question uses \u2018misleading language\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>This system was first spotted by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ckrewson\/status\/805892298051612672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Krewson<\/a> from the Philadelphia-based <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/billypenn.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Billy Penn<\/a> website. According the Tweet by Krewson, <strong>Facebook has implemented something called \"Facebook Survey\"<\/strong> that monitors some news articles on the News Feed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"recommended_top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Read Also:<\/strong>\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/see-facebook-photos-someone-likes\/\">How to See Every Photo Someone Liked on Facebook<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Facebook is asking whether this <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhillyInquirer\">@PhillyInquirer<\/a> headline is fake? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cCUpwtvQlS\">pic.twitter.com\/cCUpwtvQlS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Krewson (@ckrewson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ckrewson\/status\/805892298051612672\">December 5, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The screenshot shows that the survey will ask the user <strong>\"to which extent do you think that this link\u2019s title uses misleading language?\"<\/strong> <strong>Users would then be able to choose from five different responses<\/strong>, ranging from \"Not at all\", all the way up to \"Completely\".<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/facebook-asking-users-voting-articles\/facebook-user-voting.jpg\" width=\"912\" height=\"628\" alt=\"facebook user voting\"><\/figure>\n<p>Considering the fact that Facebook\u2019s fake news problem stems from users sharing unverified stories, the decision to ask its user base to vote whether or not  a story is misleading seems to be counterproductive. Only time will tell if Facebook\u2019s fake news problem can be tackled through user base participation.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2016\/12\/05\/facebook-begins-asking-users-to-rate-articles-use-of-misleading-language\/\" rel=\"noopener\">TechCrunch<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"recommended_top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Read Also:<\/strong>\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/facebook-facts\/\">20 Things Savvy Facebookers Should Know (By Now)<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the reveal of Collections, Facebook\u2019s next step in combating fake news is to have its user base assist in the policing of news stories. 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