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Can You Spot the Deceptive Facebook Post? (nytimes.com)
9 points by rustcharm on Oct 9, 2018 | hide | past | favorite | 4 comments


They really need to explain why and how they define "influence campaign" to make it clear why this matters. Just because a person is real doesn't mean they're being honest, or accurate. And just because an account was a throw away account doesn't mean it's dishonest or inaccurate.


are you like a SJW for the Internet Research Agency?


>making it difficult to tell what was a genuine post and what was not. Let’s compare some to see if you can tell the difference. Spoiler: It isn’t easy.

Actually it's really easy. Just look at the number of likes/responses.


Actually, that's not the trick, you need to look at which post is trying to sow discord versus saying something semi-constructive.




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