New publication (4+ years in the making): “The Diffusion and Reach of (Mis)Information on Facebook”. shorturl.at/VE2fU We analyze the propagation of 1B+ posts across content moderation regimes, with @davidlazer.bsky.social @jatucker.bsky.social @taliastroud.bsky.social @annenbergpenn.bsky.social - ThreadSky

sgonzalezbailon.bsky.social • 78 days ago

New publication (4+ years in the making): “The Diffusion and Reach of (Mis)Information on Facebook”. https://shorturl.at/VE2fU
We analyze the propagation of 1B+ posts across content moderation regimes, with @davidlazer.bsky.social @jatucker.bsky.social @taliastroud.bsky.social @annenbergpenn.bsky.social

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dggoldst.bsky.social•64 days ago

Congratulations! Monumental achievement.

schradie.bsky.social•78 days ago

Félicitations!

sgonzalezbailon.bsky.social•78 days ago

Thank you, Jen

jamtone.bsky.social•77 days ago

📌

zehavoc.bsky.social•77 days ago

🏀

sgonzalezbailon.bsky.social•78 days ago

Highlights: (1) misinformation diffused more slowly, relying on a small number of active users that spread misinformation via long chains of peer-to-peer diffusion that reached millions; non-misinformation spread primarily through one-to-many affordances (mainly, Pages);

sgonzalezbailon.bsky.social•78 days ago

(2) the relative importance of peer-to-peer spread for misinformation was likely due to an enforcement gap in content moderation policies designed to target mostly Pages and Groups; and

sgonzalezbailon.bsky.social•78 days ago

(3) periods of aggressive content moderation proximate to the election coincide with dramatic drops in the spread and reach of misinformation and (to a lesser extent) political content.

whodasam.bsky.social•78 days ago

You aren't suggesting content moderation actually works?! /s

Great stuff, thanks for sharing!

up-8.bsky.social•77 days ago

i wonder if would be helpful to make shares have a reshare limit to suppress those long chains

up-8.bsky.social•78 days ago

I'm having trouble with the shorturl link

sgonzalezbailon.bsky.social•78 days ago

https://sociologicalscience.com/articles-v11-41-1124/

up-8.bsky.social•78 days ago

Thanks!

I like misinformation as a tracer but to win at politics I'd rather be right about emotions and wrong about the facts!

Every day emotional contagion worries me more and that can be measured, controlled, experimented on with imperfect oracles (as painful as they are to develop.)

mkozlowska.bsky.social•78 days ago

📌

criminologist.bsky.social•63 days ago

Belated congratulations!

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