| Facebook is testing a new feature that warns users of satirical content posted from sites like the Onion. Stories posted in users' feeds are being tagged as "[Satire]" in an apparent move to prevent them being mistaken for real news stories. Satirical stories have provoked confusion and angry comments from some social media users. Facebook told the BBC that feedback from users has highlighted the need for the feature. "We are running a small test which shows the text '[Satire]' in front of links to satirical articles in the related articles unit in News Feed," a Facebook spokesman said in a statement. "This is because we received feedback that people wanted a clearer way to distinguish satirical articles from others in these units." Full article: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28834682 I knew there were idiots who couldn't tell obvious satires but didn't know it was this bad. What's next? Adding definition of Satire in front of links? Adding a note that Satire isn't a news publisher? [Metaphor], [Figurative], [Rumor], [Myth] I must admit though, I've been fooled by rumors too. :< |
| I'm more concerned about your avatar pic. ...the onion? |
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| Fucking sheeple need their hands held because they can't differentiate satire and reality. Honestly, how hard is it to do a quick google search to see if other sources are corroborating the story or how hard is it to determine if a "news" source only produces satire. Honestly... retards. |
| [size=200]MAL AVATAR SYSTEM BLOWS |
| Facebook has done all kinds of retarded stuff recently. Messenger anyone? |
DerpHole said: Fucking sheeple need their hands held because they can't differentiate satire and reality. Honestly, how hard is it to do a quick google search to see if other sources are corroborating the story or how hard is it to determine if a "news" source only produces satire. Honestly... retards. |
| The Onion? wat dat |
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John_Smithsu said: But the best part about satire is watching the reactions of people who take it literally. Indeed. Facebook is a buzzkill. |
| The most important things in life is the people that you care about |
| Still don't know what Onion is. |
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rothrock said: Still don't know what Onion is. ScazoN said: The Onion? wat dat http://lmgtfy.com/?q=I+AM+SO+DUMB+WHAT+IS+THE+ONION edit: yeah, i guess that doesn't really tell you does it^^, still, probably would've been quicker and easier to type your google search than to make multiple posts. . . . ((it's a satyrical news site~)) |
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| ^No, sometimes I just prefer human interaction rather than google searching. Google's not really helping anyways. |
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| you'd think people would be able to tell the difference between satire but no |
| RRRRRRRRRR |
rothrock said: ^No, sometimes I just prefer human interaction rather than google searching. Google's not really helping anyways. But Google is love, Google is life. |
| "Let Justice Be Done!" My Theme Fight again, fight again for justice! |
| So instead of people having a brain, now Facebook has to spoon feed them. Amazing. |
Tsuwari said: Facebook has done all kinds of retarded stuff recently. Messenger anyone? Messenger has been around for a while! they just decide to remove the in fb app due to many bugs plus makes both teams do thier jobs, only downside of messenger is it eats batt life cause it is on.. just because mainstream media trashing it does mean you have to unless you do not like new... ps if you really worried about your info fb, google , yahoo, sms apps alll store your damn info, if you dont like it just some using social media but wait we cant its all through social sites these days |
rafi160Aug 20, 2014 11:25 PM
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| I bet the people who make these mistakes don't even know what satire means anyway. |
ReaperCreeperAug 21, 2014 8:55 PM
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