Meta is getting rid of factchecking. Should you leave Instagram – and what are the alternatives?
www.theguardian.com
Meta’s decision relates to just the US so far, but it may affect users in Australia who follow a lot of US-based sources

cross-posted from: https://leminal.space/post/14389410

“[For] people who live in the country or in remote areas or minority groups or [who have] small businesses, that is a really good way for them to communicate and reach other people,” she says.

“It’s just not possible to set up an alternative at this point in time. So, to put it bluntly, we’re in a bit of deep shit, to be honest.”

No mention of Pixelfed, but I can understand why. Will it only be seen as an alternative once a critical mass of users move there? And can that happen if they don’t see it as an alternative? Chicken and egg. I’m trying out, but it’s a little vapid when everyone I know is on Instagram.

  • lukewarm_ozoneEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    The article title is somewhat misleading:

    The company’s billionaire founder, Mark Zuckerberg, on Tuesday announced that the platforms’ factchecking program would be replaced with X-style “community notes”, a feature that allows users to add context to posts.

    Twitter’s Community Notes is whole lot better than nothing. In fact I’m not sure it’s worse than the “factchecking” Facebook had.