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    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Tue Sep 24 07:01:52 2024
    Labelling Trump's lies as 'disputed' on X makes supporters believe
    them more, study finds

    Study says tagging posts with false claims on election fraud may make
    Trump voters more likely to think they're true
    ...
    ...
    "These 'disputed' tags are meant to alert a reader to
    false/misinformation, so it's shocking to find that they may have the
    opposite effect," Norris said

    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/sep/20/trump-tweets-false-label-credibility-supporters

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  • From MummyChunk@21:1/5 to All on Tue Sep 24 18:40:14 2024
    JAB wrote:
    Labelling Trump's lies as 'disputed' on X makes supporters believe
    them more, study finds

    Study says tagging posts with false claims on election fraud may
    make
    Trump voters more likely to think they're true
    ....
    ....
    "These 'disputed' tags are meant to alert a reader to
    false/misinformation, so it's shocking to find that they may have
    the
    opposite effect," Norris said


    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/sep/20/trump-tweets-false-label-credibility-supporters


    And who did this study?


    This is a response to the post seen at: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=674584132#674584132

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to MummyChunk on Tue Sep 24 18:39:54 2024
    On Tue, 24 Sep 2024 18:40:14 +0000,
    [email protected]d (MummyChunk) wrote:


    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/sep/20/trump-tweets-false-label-credibility-supporters


    And who did this study?

    Two humans...not AI generated

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  • From MummyChunk@21:1/5 to All on Wed Sep 25 06:05:38 2024
    On Tue, 24 Sep 2024 18:40:14 +0000, [email protected]d (MummyChunk) wrote:



    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/sep/20/trump-tweets-false-label-credibility-supporters


    And who did this study?

    JAB wrote:


    Two humans...not AI generated

    The study, authored by John Blanchar, an assistant professor from the University of Minnesota, Duluth, and Catherine Norris, an associate
    professor from Swarthmore College, looked at data from a sampling of
    1,072 Americans surveyed in December of 2020.

    Seems pretty sketchy to me


    This is a response to the post seen at: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=674584132#674584132

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to MummyChunk on Wed Sep 25 13:17:29 2024
    On Wed, 25 Sep 2024 06:05:38 +0000,
    [email protected]d (MummyChunk) wrote:

    The study, authored by John Blanchar, an assistant professor from the >University of Minnesota, Duluth, and Catherine Norris, an associate
    professor from Swarthmore College, looked at data from a sampling of
    1,072 Americans surveyed in December of 2020.

    Seems pretty sketchy to me

    Once a person has been "indoctrinated," they tend to reject news which
    opposes their understandings.

    Old news....The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and
    ears. It was their final, most essential command. George Orwell, 1984

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