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re: Short primer on dealing with disinfo
@Taylor Bad faith is corrosive, and if it’s alleged by someone over sourcing, the conversation with the person alleging it is over. There is no antidote to someone having made up their mind, except to convince others reading the thread than them.
As for _using_ sourcing with a problematic message or spin intermingled with truthful info, that one’s harder. The approach I’ve most seen used is a citation model or disclaimer on what’s being shared.
re: Short primer on dealing with disinfo
@Taylor I agree that a large part of people not agreeing with sourcing is a presumption of bad faith due to polarization, and there’s really no answer to that other than to not engage. If they show up on thread trying to knock down your claims, that’s what going to moderators is for.
Since Twitter and Tumblr don’t have any functional form of moderation, there’s no ability to moderate disinfo in comments there. That caused me to leave birdsite entirely.